Good posture allows for greater expansion of the lower rib cage.

正确的姿势能使胸腔低处更好地扩展。

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Fractures of the pelvis or the lower rib cage also may hinder accurate diagnostic examination of the abdomen, because pain from these areas may be elicited when palpating the abdomen.

值得注意的是，盆腔骨折及肋弓骨折往往使腹部查体变得不准确，因为这些部位的疼痛使影响了腹部触诊的准确性。

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In six research papers published in Science, an international team described how the hominids had almost-human hands attached to apelike arms, a rib cage that was narrow like an ape's at the top but more humanlike lower down, and a spine that likely had the same number of vertebrae as a human.

WSJ: Creature Combined Human, Ape Traits