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 Rib Cage If we take a deep breath, hold it for a while and move our hand on the chest, we will find a number of bones in the chest region. These chest bones are called ribs. Ribs are the curved bones in our chest (see Figure 4). Ribs exist in pairs. There are 12 pairs of ribs in the chest of our body. We know that there is a long backbone at the back of our body. There is also a small bone called breast bone in the chest region, in front of our body (see Figure 4). One end of all the ribs is joined to the backbone and their other end is joined to the breast bone. In this way, all the rib bones, -Eye soo a part of backbone, and the breast bone, join to form a 'bony cage" or box-like structure'. The hollow, bony structure formed by the ribs is called 'rib cage' (see Figure 4). Some of the important internal organs of our body such as heart, lungs and liver lie inside the strong, bony rib cage. The rib cage protects the delicate internal organs like heart, lungs and ...