true rib

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true rib

Any of the ribs that are attached to the sternum by a costal cartilage, especially any of the seven upper ribs on either side of the thorax in humans.

true rib

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) any of the upper seven pairs of ribs in man

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true rib - one of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum

costa, rib - any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)

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