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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Medicine LibreTexts - The Thoracic Cage. Jun 08, 2026
Add new Web site: Open Oregon Educational Resources - Anatomy and Physiology 2e - The Thoracic Cage. Jan 23, 2026
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology - How Does the Rib Cage Affect the Biomechanical Properties of the Thoracic Spine? A Systematic Literature Review. Aug 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Nature - Scientific Reports - The influence of the rib cage on the static and dynamic stability responses of the scoliotic spine. Jun 15, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteseerX - Rib cage muscle interaction in airway pressure generation (PDF). Feb 08, 2025
Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Rib Cage. Dec 11, 2024
Added media. Nov 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Rib cage anatomy in Homo erectus suggests a recent evolutionary origin of modern human body shape. Oct 16, 2023
Add new Web site: OpenStax - Anatomy and Physiology 2e - The Thoracic Cage. Aug 06, 2023
Add new Web site: Teach Me Anatomy - The Ribs. Jun 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Medicine LibreTexts - The Thoracic Cage. May 17, 2023
Add new Web site: WebMD - Rib Cage: What to know. Oct 06, 2022
Add new Web site: National Library of Medicine - The rib cage stabilizes the human thoracic spine: An in vitro study using stepwise reduction of rib cage structures. Aug 22, 2022
New article added. Jun 30, 2020
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