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True ribs, because 7-pairs of costal cartilages join 7-pairs of ribs DIRECTLY to the sternum.

False ribs, because the costal cartilage join 3-pairs of ribs to the seventh-rib not the sternum.

Floating ribs, because the last 2-pairs of ribs neither connects to a costal cartilage and the sternum.

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