The rib cage provides vital protection for the lungs and heart, encasing them in a bony shield. There are 24 ribs in total, 12 on each side of the body. The following are emergency causes of pain ...

That means letting the diaphragm — the large, thin muscle just below the rib cage — do the work of drawing air into the lungs and letting it out. It's known as diaphragmatic or belly breathing ...

are sewn in rows at the edge of the diaphragm along the patient's rib cage encircling the inside of their chest wall. After plication, the height of diaphragm is lowered by one or two ribs, helping ...

It revealed something horrifying: A buildup of fluid in the space between his lungs and rib cage and signs of cancer in the right lower lobe of his lung. A few days later, on July 26 ...

Wojakowski: You will see the lungs towards the top here ... Narrator: A turtle's shell is as much a part of its body as our rib cage is of ours. In fact, it is their rib cage, and their spine ...