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What bones do you think protect the lungs?
The lungs and heart are protected and surrounded by the ribs called the rib cage.
How does the bone help us protect from injury?
Well your rib bones protect your lungs, heart , stomach, liver, pancreas and all the other organs inside the ribs and your skull protects your brain. but no other bones protect you .
What is a rib cage?
The rib cage is a structure made of separate bones that protect the lungs and heart and part of the liver. It also functions in the process of breathing.
Which sets of bones protect the lungs and liver?
The rib cage protects the lungs, liver, and other soft organs.
What to organs do the ribs protect?
The organs protected by the rib cage include the heart, lungs, stomach, and liver.
Where is the ribcage located in the human body?
The rib cage is in the chest area, and is a series of curved bones, there to help protect the softer organs such as the heart, lungs, liver, and so on.
What bones protect the heart?
The ribs, the sternum, and the scapula work together to protect the heart.
What muscles do the ribcage protect?
They protect the heart and lungs from injuries and shocks that might damage them. Ribs also protect parts of the stomach, spleen, and kidneys. The ribs help you to breathe. As you inhale, the muscles in between the ribs lift the rib cage up, allowing the lungs to expand.
What is the definition of ribs?
a body of bones to protect your lungs and heart so that your blood can pump to your heart.
What organs are protected by bones from the skeletal system?
The lungs and heart. its the ribs that protect it
What bones protects heart?
The breastbone or sternum protect the heart. The ribs also help protect the organs in the chest including the lungs.
What organs do the bones of the thorax protect?
The bony thorax protects the heart and liver. Wrong... the bone thorax protects the heart and LUNGS as it also allows the respiratory muscle to create a vacuum that will draw air into the lungs. while the Ribs withing in the bone thorax will protect not only the thoracic organs, but as well the spleen, most of the liver and to some extent the kidneys.
