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What is a rib cage?

What is a rib cage? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A part of the skeleton within the thoracic area consisting of ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae.
  2. The enclosed area created by and within the ribs.
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The angle between the costal fibers of the left diaphragm and the rib cage was measured under radioscopic examination with a goniometer.
A person's height and riding style set the level and angle of the rowel in relation to the horse's rib cage.
He could feel the sweats in his hands, and the heartbeat pounding against his rib cage.
Supporting this sinewy armor plate was a rib cage that seemed to have been designed more for a silverback gorilla than a man.
The inverted rib cage of our degenerate bird obviously provides an evolutionary link with modern man's ominous abdominous.
The accident left him with limited movement on his right side and he suffered a broken rib cage and collarbone and collapsed lungs.

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