Rib


 * This article is about the bones called ribs. For other meanings, see rib (disambiguation).

In anatomy, ribs were a bone formation that protected the vital organs in the thorax of most humanoid species. Costal strut was the Malcorian term for this formation. 

In Humans, they ran horizontally and met at the breastbone. Klingons were known to have twenty-three ribs, while Cardassians had at least seven ribs. 

During a fight with A.G. Robinson at the 602 Club in 2143, Jonathan Archer had two ribs bruised. 

After Benjamin Sisko challenged Solok to a wrestling match when he was a cadet, the Vulcan cracked two of his ribs. 

Jono broke two ribs when trying to ride a Talarian t'stayan. 

In 2367, Lieutenant Umbato, a Starfleet officer serving aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), broke two ribs during a holodeck exercise. 

Kor had a scorcher burn on his fourteenth rib, something which Curzon and Jadzia Dax knew. 

Drex and several other Klingons broke seven of Elim Garak's transverse ribs in early 2372. 

After having sex with Grilka in early 2373, Quark had a compound fracture of the right radius, two fractured ribs, torn ligaments, strained tendons and several bruises, contusions and scratches. 

Worf broke "three or four" of his ribs in a fight with Ikat'ika later in 2373. Julian Bashir wanted him to quit, but Worf and Martok were insistent he continue to fight the Jem'Hadar. 

Grathon Tolar stabbed Quark in 2374, but the Ferengi's ribs deflected the knife from any major organs. 

In the jack-in-the-box-affected Bashir 62 holoprogram, Tony Cicci bruised two of Vic Fontaine's ribs. 

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