a bite from an insect or animal
The proper location is about two fingers width below the Xiphoid process (the peice of cartilage between the ribs.) This is more between the ribcage and not below it.
In your chest and behind your ribcage.
Yes, the heart is located slightly to the left of the center of the chest, behind the left breast. It is protected by a layer of tissue and the ribcage.
Arthritus in your chest, whats it called
I have always been taught that men have a 'barrel' chest while women with large or protruding ribcage/sternum have a 'dove' chest.
RIBCAGE - good luck on the cross word :)
your lungs are just inside your ribcage, from the chest in. there is your heart, stomach, spine, some arm muscles, and big arteries and veins between your lungs and your back skin. there is just the ribcage and a couple big blood vessels between the lungs and the chest.
Yep :) got one myself! below the center of my collar bones..
12 thoracic (chest) vertebrae, the 24 ribs
yes you can. a hard enough punch could cause your ribcage to cave in slightly and hit your heart, causing damage to the heart and causing it to beat irregularly, thereby killing you.
It could be a sign of a broken rib.
The scientific name for the ribcage is thoracic cage, which includes the ribs, sternum, and thoracic vertebrae. It is a bony structure that protects the vital organs located in the chest cavity, such as the heart and lungs.