The ribs and rib cage are excellent examples of the human body’s multifaceted and multifunctional design. They are strong enough to support the skeleton and protect the vital organs in the chest ...

In fact, it is their rib cage, and their spine, and their vertebrae, and their sternum. Basically, a turtle's skeleton is inside out. And just like you can't take a skeleton out of a person ...

The boy's skeleton was crammed into a cellar pit with a broken ceramic milk pan lying across his rib cage. Chip Clark / NMNH, SI The boy does not have a name, but he is not unknown. Smithsonian ...

Then you look closer and notice the detail: how the ribs are built at different lengths to create a rib "cage," how the dark ... the T-Rex's skeleton stood out for how tall it was.