Anatom3DRibs
Costae · Žebra
Skeleton
Looks like
Twelve pairs of curved bones with muscles between them, joined to the breastbone in front and the spine behind.
What it does
Protect the heart and lungs and move with every breath.
Keeping it well
After injury or surgery, breathe deeply and take painkillers so you can cough. A broken rib heals in about six weeks.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Costochondritis
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Pleural effusion
- Pneumothorax
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoma
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency