rib cage

See also: ribcage and rib-cage

English

Human rib cage.

Noun

rib cage (plural rib cages)

1. (anatomy) A part of the skeleton within the thoracic area consisting of ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae.
2. 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)

• Bulgarian: гръден кош m (grǎden koš)
• 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
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• 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 torácica f
• Swedish: bröstkorg (sv) c
• Tok Pisin: banis
• Vietnamese: lồng ngực (vi)

cavity created by the ribs

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