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rib_cage

rib cage

See also: ribcage and rib-cage

English

Human rib cage.

Noun

rib cage ‎(plural rib cages)

(anatomy) A part of the skeleton within the thoracic area consisting of ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae.
The enclosed area created by and within the ribs.

Synonyms

thoracic cage

Translations

part of skeleton

Arabic: القَفَص الصَدْرِيّ m ‎(al-qafaṣ aṣ-ṣadriyy)
Egyptian Arabic: القفص الصدري m ‎(el-ʔafaṣ e-ṣaḍri or e-qafaṣ e-ṣaḍri)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胸部 (zh) ‎(xiōngbù), 胸膛 (zh) ‎(xiōngtáng)
Czech: hrudní koš (cs) m
Dutch: ribbenkast f or m
Esperanto: torako
Finnish: rintakehä (fi)
French: cage thoracique (fr) f
German: Brustkorb (de) m

Hausa: àwazā̀ f
Japanese: 胸郭 (ja) ‎(きょうかく, kyōkaku)
Malagasy: haran-tratra (mg)
Navajo: azhiʼtsʼin
Polish: klatka piersiowa (pl) f
Portuguese: caixa torácica (pt) f
Russian: грудна́я кле́тка (ru) f ‎(grudnája klétka)
Spanish: caja toraxica f
Swedish: bröstkorg (sv) c
Tok Pisin: banis

cavity created by the ribs

Dutch: ribbenkast f or m
Finnish: rintakehä (fi)

French: cage thoracique (fr) f
Russian: грудна́я кле́тка (ru) f ‎(grudnája klétka)

Usage notes

In medicine, the space within the rib cage of living being is usually referred to as a cavity: chest (cavity) or thoracic cavity when it includes the entire thorax, and pleural cavity when referring to the area surrounding the lungs.