rib skeletal system
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0014478
Subdivision of skeletal system that consists of all ribs and rib joints in an organism. In many vertebrates this consists of the combination of the rib cage and all rib joints, but some vertebrates have ribs outside the thoracic rib cage. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: rib series
Term info
- TAO:0002100
- FMA:265719
rib skeleton, set of all ribs
uberon
UBERON:0014478
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7778
rib skeletal system
Term relations
- subdivision of skeletal system
- anatomical entity
- has part some thoracic rib cage
- in taxon some (not Elasmobranchii)
- composed primarily of some rib endochondral element
- part of some postcranial axial skeletal system