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The function of rib cage is to protect delicate organs like heart and lungs

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What are the Function for ribs?

To protect key organs in the chest such as the heart and lungs


Where are the lungs located in relation to the ribs?

Superficial


What is the rib cage protects?

well the ribs protect the lungs and i think the heart.


What to organs do the ribs protect?

The organs protected by the rib cage include the heart, lungs, stomach, and liver.


What are false ribs and their function?

False ribs are not attached to the sternum but only to the vertebrae of the spinal column. Their function is the same as the true ribs and that is protection of the heart, lungs, liver, spleen and part of the intestines.


What bones do you think protect the lungs?

The lungs and heart are protected and surrounded by the ribs called the rib cage.


What organs are protected by by the ribs?

the heart and the lungs


What protects your brain and your heart and lungs?

The breastbone (sternum) and the ribs are connected by cartilage to form the "thoracic cage" that covers the heart and lungs. It is not unusual for ribs to be fractured when using exterior compression on the heart, as is done in CPR.


Which function do the ribs have in the skeletal system?

The primary function if the ribcage is to protect the internal vital organs (heart & lungs) and to provide support for the structure of your body. Think of your position or posture if there were no ribs in the torso...


Where is the heart found?

lungs and ribs


Who protect your heart and lungs?

your ribs


What part of the body protects your lungs?

the ribs make a cage that protects your heart and lungs.