Rib
In anatomy, ribs were a bone formation that protected the vital organs in the thorax of most humanoid species. Costal strut was the Malcorian term for this formation. ()

A diagram of the Human torso depicting the location of the ribs was stored in the 's library computer database. This database was accessed by the Talosians in 2254. ()

Kzinti ribs were vertically braced. In 2270, Chuft-Captain suffered two broken ribs after Spock jumped him. ()

In Humans, they ran horizontally and met at the breastbone. Klingons were known to have twenty-three ribs, while Cardassians had at least seven ribs. (; ) 

During a fight with A.G. Robinson at the 602 Club in 2143, Jonathan Archer had two ribs bruised. ()

After Benjamin Sisko challenged  to a wrestling match when he was a cadet, the Vulcan cracked two of his ribs. ()

Jono broke two ribs when trying to ride a Talarian t'stayan. ()

In 2367, Ishara Yar received a couple of cracked ribs in a conflict with the Coalition on Turkana IV. ()

Soon after, Lieutenant Umbato, a Starfleet officer serving aboard the , broke two ribs during a holodeck exercise. ()

Kor had a scorcher burn on his fourteenth rib, something which Curzon and Jadzia Dax knew. ()

In 2370,  claimed Jean-Luc Picard had sustained three broken ribs in the crash of the Iyaaran shuttle, when in fact he hadn't. ()

Later that year, William T. Riker broke a rib while engaging in bat'leth moves with Worf. ()

Drex and several other Klingons broke seven of Elim Garak's transverse ribs in early 2372. ()

After having  with Grilka in early 2373, Quark had a compound fracture of the right , two fractured ribs, torn ligaments, strained tendons and several bruises, contusions and scratches. ()

Soon after, it was noted that Jadzia Dax had recently been treated for seven muscle pulls, two contusions and three cracked ribs due to her interspecies romance with Worf. ()
 
Worf broke "three or four" of his ribs in a fight with Ikat'ika later in 2373. Julian Bashir wanted him to quit, but Worf and Martok were insistent he continue to fight the Jem'Hadar. ()

Later that year, a couple of Garak's ribs were broken when Miles O'Brien incapacitated him by detonating a phaser. ()

In 2374, Grathon Tolar stabbed Quark but the Ferengi's ribs deflected the knife from any major organs. ()

In 2375, Tuvok received three fractured ribs after being assaulted by members of Yost's species.  ()

Later that year, Joran Dax said he'd "love to slip a knife between [Quark's] ribs." ()

In the jack-in-the-box-affected Bashir 62 holoprogram, Tony Cicci bruised three of Vic Fontaine's ribs. ()

Ribs as food
Prime rib
Spare ribs

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