Assertion: rib | /r/CapableOf | attach to vertebra
Facets:
value: to form rib cage
type: PURPOSE
value: to the breastbone
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: dorsally
type: MANNER
value: in higher vertebrates
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Rib, any of several pairs of narrow, curved strips of bone (sometimes cartilage) attached dorsally to the vertebrae and, in higher vertebrates, to the breastbone ventrally, to form the bony skeleton, or rib cage, of the chest.