Assertion: rib | /r/CapableOf | attach to the sternum
Facets:
value: by cartilage
type: OTHER
value: at sites
type: LOCATION
value: to form the rib cage
type: PURPOSE
value: to the rib in front
type: LOCATION
value: ventrally
type: MANNER
value: independently
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Ribs 1-7 attach independently to the sternum.
text: The rib cage is the arrangement of ribs attached to the vertebral column and sternum in the thorax of most vertebrates, that encloses and protects the heart and lungs.
text: Each rib is attached ventrally either to the sternum or to the rib in front by cartilage to form the rib cage that protects the heart and lungs.
text: The ribs (most of them) attach to the sternum with cartilage at sites called costochondral junctions.