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The rib cage protects the lungs and heart by encasing them in a bony shield. There are 24 ribs in total, 12 on each side of the body. Injury to the ribs may also be felt under or around the left rib ...

Conduction - through direct contact between objects, molecular transference of heat energy Water conducts heat away from the body 25 times faster than air because it has a greater density (therefore a ...

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with mercury posing the most significant risk to human health through trace metal poisoning, or the accumulation of toxic metals in the body. Mercury poisoning most often happens by eating too much ...

Some people may also experience referred pain, which is related pain that appears in an unaffected part of the body. In people with intercostal ... pain that makes it hard to breathe. Sometimes, rib ...