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[[Image:Gray112.png|thumb|The [[human rib cage]]. <small>(Source: ''[[Gray's Anatomy|Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body]]'', 20th ed. 1918.)</small>]]

[[Image:Gray115.png|thumb|Anterior surface of sternum and costal cartilages.]]

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In [[anatomy]], '''ribs''' ([[Latin]] ''costae'') are the long curved [[bone]]s which form the '''rib cage'''. Ribs surround the [[chest]] (Latin [[thorax]]) of land [[vertebrate]]s, and protect the [[lung]]s, [[heart]], and other internal [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]]s of the [[thoracic cavity]].