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Costochondritis Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Costochondritis, also known as chest wall pain syndrome, is the inflammation of the cartilage of the rib cage. Chest pain ...
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Rib Cage: What To Know
The rib cage is also known as the thoracic cage, and the primary rib cage function is to protect the organs inside the chest. These organs include the heart and lungs, which are two of our most ...
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Turtle shells protect some of the strangest features in the animal kingdom
In fact, it is their rib cage, and their spine, and their vertebrae, and their sternum. Basically, a turtle's skeleton is inside out. And just like you can't take a skeleton out of a person ...
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Is pain under the right rib cage a sign of something serious? When to see the doctor
The rib cage protects the organs in the chest, including the lungs and heart. In between the rib bones are the intercostal muscles, Vasudevan adds, which allow the chest to move while breathing.
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The skeletal system
Then there's the rib cage and sternum, which protect the heart and lungs. Besides protecting our organs, bones also work together with muscles and tendons to get the body moving. For example ...
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Frequency of rib and sternum fractures associated with out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation is underestimated by conventional chest X-ray.
The majority of rib fractures was located in the anterior part of the thoracic cage. Sternum fractures predominantly occurred in the lower third. Eight of 19 patients received either thrombolytic ...