When the Bottom Ribs Aren't Attached to the Breastbone Floating rib injuries are caused, in part, by a vulnerability in human anatomy ... rib cage at all—only to the vertebrae in the back.

If it seems to you like your neck and low back get all ... as your 12 pairs of ribs. In fact, the thoracic spine works with the ribs to create a protected space—your rib cage—for the lungs ...