Sentence examples for floating ribs from inspiring English sources
The last two, the floating ribs, have their cartilages ending in the muscle in the abdominal wall.
Even as she spoke, he was counting their contiguous places — thighs, hips, elbows, shoulders, floating ribs, biceps, calves — and wherever they touched he felt the slight tingling of her electricity.
The floating ribs should be avoided, and the intensity and duration of the percussion should be adjusted to the patient's comfort level.
Vulnerable spots; upwards from feet: ankles, knees, groin, stomach, floating ribs, collarbone, throat*, jaw, eyes*, temple*.
You want to project your liver as much as possible, which is under your floating ribs on your side.
Waist circumference was considered the midpoint between the iliac crest and the last floating rib (XII rib).
Waist circumference was measured at mid distance between the floating rib and the iliac crest at the end of normal expiration with a standard tape measure.
If a subject's waist was not sufficiently defined, he or she was measured at roughly the location of the last floating rib [ 21].
Waist circumference was measured by using a measuring tape at the midpoint between the last floating rib and the top of the iliac crest in the midaxillary line.
Waist circumference was measured at the mid-point between the top of the iliac crest and the last floating rib in the midaxillary line using a Gulick measuring tape (Fitness Mart®, Grays Mills, WI).
