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a vault of ribs guarding the only muscle that beats without your permission.
means the front of the human torso between neck and stomach, enclosing the heart and lungs; also a large sturdy box for storing or carrying things.
from From Old English 'cest' or 'cist', meaning a box or coffer, borrowed from Latin 'cista' (a chest or basket), which in turn came from Greek 'kistē', a woven box or hamper. The bodily sense — the torso as a kind of box housing the organs — grew naturally from the container meaning, the ribs imagined as the walls of a strongbox.
- rib count
- twelve pairs, and one in forty people grows extra
- sternum split
- surgeons saw through it to reach the heart
- old meaning
- originally just meant a wooden storage box
- bone marrow
- your breastbone still manufactures fresh blood cells
- flexible cage
- ribs expand thousands of times daily as you breathe
king tutankhamun's chest — pharaoh's wooden chest found in tomb kv62 in 1922 containing royal regalia
chest of lord nelson — british admiral's preserved body in lead-lined chest aboard hms victory, 1805