Floating rib 2398129 218698519 2008-06-11T19:58:09Z DumZiBoT 6085301 robot Adding: [[it:Costole fluttuanti]] {{Cleanup|date=June 2008}} {{Infobox Anatomy | Name = Floating rib | Latin = costae fluctuantes, costae fluitantes | GraySubject = | GrayPage = | Image = Skeleton woman back.png | Caption = The four floating ribs (indicated with red arrows) | Image2 = Profil du tose féminin et du tose masculin d'aprèsThomson.gif | Caption2 = The six lower ribs on a woman (left) and a man. Note how small the four floating ribs are, especially on a woman. | Map = | MapPos = | MapCaption = | Precursor = | System = | Artery = | Vein = | Nerve = | Lymph = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = c_58 | DorlandsSuf = 12262706 | }} '''Floating ribs''' are four [[atypical rib]]s (two lowermost pairs, XI-XII) in the [[human]] [[ribcage]]. They are called so because they are attached to the [[vertebrae]] only, and not to the [[sternum]] or [[cartilage]] coming off of the sternum. Some people are missing one of the two pairs. Others have a third pair. Most, however, possess only two pairs. {{Fact|date=February 2007}} Their position can be permanently altered by a form of [[body modification]] called [[tightlacing]], which uses a [[corset]] to compress and move the ribs. ==See also== * [[Eleventh rib]] * [[Twelfth rib]] * [[False ribs]] ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:Gray115.png|Anterior surface of sternum and costal cartilages. Image:Gray127.png|Eleventh rib. Image:Gray128.png|Twelfth rib. </gallery> ==External links== * {{eMedicineDictionary|Floating+ribs}} {{Spine}} {{Corsetry}} [[Category:Skeletal system]] [[Category:Thorax]] {{musculoskeletal-stub}} [[it:Costole fluttuanti]]