floating rib
noun
: a rib (such as one of either of the last two pairs in humans) that has no attachment to the sternum compare false rib
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Other remote dangers of rib surgery include injury to the nerves that run underneath the ribs as well as damage to the kidneys, which sit deep behind the floating ribs.
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Jolene Edgar, Allure, 10 Apr. 2025
Skin farther up the neck to remove the neck meat, if desired. Find the floating rib, between the back of the chest cavity and forward of the hip bone.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
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Jolene Edgar, Allure, 10 Apr. 2025
Skin farther up the neck to remove the neck meat, if desired. Find the floating rib, between the back of the chest cavity and forward of the hip bone.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
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“Floating rib.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floating%20rib. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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