To protect the thoracic organs and to protect the liver, spleen, and kidney
The rib cage makes up the thoracic wall, and provides attachments for the muscles of the neck, thorax, upper abdomen, and back.
Cranium,Vertebrate,Femur,Ribs,Patella.
To protect vital organs, like the lungs and hearts
the main function of obliques is to help protect the heart as well as the ribs.
I'm pretty sure that they help the snake breath by adding and decreasing pressure to the lungs.
The transverse process functions as the site of attachment for muscles and ligaments of the spine as well as the point of articulation of the ribs
The correct order of ribs from superior to inferior are true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs. Humans have 24 ribs.
Three types of ribs we have are True ribs, False ribs, and Floating ribs.
The order of ribs from superior to inferior is: True ribs (1-7) False ribs (8-10) Floating ribs (11-12)
The chest of a human body consists of the heart, lungs and ribs to protect both vital organs. Ribs 1-7 are commonly called the true ribs.
true ribs, false ribs, floating ribs
The first seven ribs connect directly to the sternum via costal cartilage. These ribs are known as "true ribs" or vertebrosternal ribs.
Floating ribs are a type of false ribs. False ribs are ribs that do not directly attach to the sternum through cartilage, and they include both floating ribs (ribs 11-12) and ribs 8-10, which are attached to the sternum indirectly through cartilage.