Assertion: rib | /r/HasProperty | fractured
Facets:
value: it,
type: OTHER
value: rarely
type: DEGREE
value: along with the second rib
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: While the first rib is rarely fractured, it, along with the second rib, is associated with severe blood vessel and nerve injuries, especially if the rib fracture is displaced.
text: Any time there is trauma to the chest, the ribs can be fractured.
text: When the rib is fractured twice, the term floating rib is used to describe the free fracture fragment, and when three or more contiguous floating ribs are present this is called a flail chest.