Both men and women have 24 ribs, twelve on each side. Each rib is attached to a spinal bone (thoracic vertebra) in the back. The first seven pairs of ribs join the breastbone (sternum) in the center of the chest. The front ends of the eighth, ninth, and 10th pairs are connected to the ribs above them.
No, H2CO3 is an aquous solution of carbon dioxide gas (CO2). It can also be 'written' as (CO2+H2O) or (CO2.H2O) or (CO2,aq) = hydrate of carbon dioxide and its chemical name â¦ : carbonic acid.
An oxymoron (usual plural oxymorons, more rarely oxymora) is a rhetorical device that uses an ostensible self-contradiction to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradox. A more general meaning of contradiction in terms (not necessarily for rhetoric effect) is recorded by the OED for 1902.