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Caja torácica
Las costillas están unidas al esternón en la parte anterior del tórax y en la parte posterior a la columna vertebral, formando así una caja protectora para los pulmones y el corazón
Review Date: 2009-11-15
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Keywords: ,están, corazón, pulmones, tórax, posterior, así, columna, anterior, vertebral, costillas, formando, parte, esternón, unidas, protectora, torácica, caja
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