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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
September 17, 2009
Location: The human rib cage, also known as the thoracic cage, is a structure made of bone and cartilage that surrounds the chest cavity below the shoulders and collar bone. Normal rib cages contain 12 pairs of ribs, the sternum (breast bone) and 12 vertebrae.
Function: The rib cage is a part of....
