False rib - Karoku

Japanese: 仮肋 - かろく
False rib - Karoku

...However, the bone and the costal cartilages are connected continuously, not by joints. A few posterior (lower) ribs are free at the ventral end and do not connect to the sternum (these are called false ribs). The cervical and lumbar vertebrae appear to have no ribs, but in fact, like birds, the vestiges of ribs are fused to the vertebrae and integrated into them.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "false rib" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ただし骨性部分と肋軟骨とは連続的に移行し,関節でつながるのではない。後方(下方)の少数の肋骨は腹方端で遊離しており,胸骨に連結しない(これらを仮肋という)。頸椎と腰椎には肋骨がないようにみえるが,実は鳥類のように肋骨の痕跡が椎骨に融合し一体化しているのである。…

※「仮肋」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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