Bone
Rib
Rib noun - Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates).
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Nobody ever breaks a rib or other bones unless that specific broken bone becomes important later on.
Source: Made of Iron -
The bulk of the cartoon was animated by Ub Iwerks, with one part (with a Skeleton playing a rib-bone xylophone) animated by Les Clark.
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In the Jackie Chan Adventures fic Queen of All Oni, after Jade becomes a Shadowkan girl once more, her appetite and metabolism go way up, and in one chapter, she eats a rib, BONE AND ALL!
Source: Extreme Omnivore
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