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Floating ribs

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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The 'floating' ribs are 11 and 12. They are said to be floating because of an absence of an anterior articulation. However, they are not completely mobile and unattached:

  • they articulate with a single thoracic vertebra posteriorly
  • they are attached to thoracic cage muscles along their length

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