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true rib

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. one member of the first seven pairs of ribs that are attached in humans to the sternum by costal cartilages.


true rib

noun

  1. any of the upper seven pairs of ribs in man
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of true rib1

First recorded in 1735–45
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Example Sentences

When the piece is large, as of the South-Down or Cheviot, the gristly parts of the ribs may be divided from the true ribs, and helped separately.

They have sometimes prominences on the fruit and around the eye, but never true ribs.

In man, as a rule, there are but twelve vertebræ which develop true ribs.

The seven upper ribs are united to the sternum, through the medium of cartilages, and are called the true ribs.

In the highest forms of the Primates, the number of true ribs is seven, but in Hylobates there are sometimes eight pairs.

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