Must Have Flexible Ribs (VIDEO)

University of Utah

Caption

A simulation showing how ribs might crowd together if they didn't rotate relative to the vertebrae when the spine bends during locomotion.

Credit

Cieri et. al., Sci Rep (2020)

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