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Do females have an extra rib bone?

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It doesnt exist, its a myth based around a the story of genesis in the Old Testament of the christian bible. In this book it is said that one of Adams ribs as removed to make Eve. Some people with no common sense to this day insist that this means men have one rib (or sometimes a pair of ribs) missing. There are two reasons this makes no sense whatsoever. Firslty is i srugically remobed someones ribs their children and their grnadchildren and so on would still have the same number of ribs because having something removed is not genetes, if it was nobody would have an appendic anymore. Secondly assuming the first was incorrect what if Adam started of with 13 sets of ribs and when he has one set removed to make Eve (bringing him down to 12 sets) what is she was THEN made as his partner and would probably only have been given the same number of ribs as he had, 12. So it makes no sense at all.

It doesnt exist, its a myth based around a the story of genesis in the old testament of the christian bible. In this book it is said that one of Adams ribs as removed to make Eve. Some people with no common sense to this day insist that this means men have one rib (or sometimes a pair of ribs) missing. There are two reasons this makes no sense whatsoever. Firslty is i srugically remobed someones ribs their children and their grnadchildren and so on would still have the same number of ribs because having something removed is not genetes, if it was nobody would have an appendic anymore. Secondly assuming the first was incorrect what if Adam started of with 13 sets of ribs and when he has one set removed to make Eve (bringing him down to 12 sets) what is she was THEN made as his partner and would probably only have been given the same number of ribs as he had, 12. So it makes no sense at all.

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12y ago

the exta bone in the females body is an extra rib.

No: this is a very widespread and longstanding myth, relating to the story in Genesis that God took a rib out of Adam while he slept and used it to fashion Eve.

A human, man or woman, commonly has twelve pairs of ribs. This can be verified by looking at a skeleton or a standard anatomy chart.

In rare cases a person has thirteen pairs, the extra pair being referred to as a "gorilla rib" as these apes normally have thirteen pairs of ribs.

It is also possible for a man or woman to have a stunted rib or a pair of stunted ribs growing out of their neck, these being known as cervical ribs. These can go undetected for life, or can make themselves known at any time by constricting muscle function. I was checked for these (I didn't have one) when, for a brief period while I was in my late 40s, I became unable to lift my right arm upward past an angle of about 45 degrees. It was finally decided that the problem was due to a muscle spasm I was experiencing as a result of anxiety I was feeling at the time. (Well, it beat developing an ulcer.)

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9y ago

Males and females have the same number of ribs. There are 12 on each side of the ribcage for a total of 24. The information saying females have an extra rib bone is an old urban legend.

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Actually, both women and men have the same number of ribs.

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11y ago

because Adam gave one of his ribs to make Eve.

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