false ribs

British  

plural noun

1. any of the lower five pairs of ribs in man, attached behind to the thoracic vertebrae but in front not attached directly to the breastbone See floating rib

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false ribs

The five lower pairs are named false ribs.

From Health Lessons Book 1 by Alvin Davison

To make sure, we feel the abdomen near to the line of the false ribs.

From The Dog by Dinks

The lowest two pairs of false ribs, are not joined even by cartilages, but are quite free in front, and for this reason are called floating ribs.

From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell

It is characterized by an elongated prominence which, starting from the iliac spine, is directed obliquely downwards and forwards, to terminate near the cartilaginous border of the false ribs.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer

With false ribs made from oars we strengthened the boats and put them in condition for another day's hammering.

From A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh