Number of floating ribs in human body is _____ (a) 6 pairs (b) 5 pairs (c) 3 pairs (d) 2 pairs
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No. Of floating ribs Option d) two pairs (the last two)
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"Number of floating ribs in human body is (d) 2 pairs.
Humans have a total of 12 pairs of ribs. The first seven ribs are true ribs because they are connected to breast bone, that is, sternum in the front.
The remaining five combinations of ribs are known as false ribs. Among these, the first three pairs of Ribs are connected to the coastal cartilages on top of them. The last two pair is called floating or fluctuating or vertebral ribs.
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