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Ribs have an important role to play: they protect the internal organs of the chest from injury. They wouldn't be very good at it if something as minor as a break was likely to allow a rib to poke and puncture things.
The ribs act as a unit (they all move at the same time) and they offer a lot of protection to the heart, lungs, etc., because they are ...
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