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rib cage
In breathing the chest muscles expand the rib cage and allow air to be sucked into the lungs.
This is two common thoracic deformity.

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Open the tool →胸廓 (xiōng kuò) means “thoracic cage, rib cage”.
胸廓 is pronounced xiōng kuò in Mandarin Chinese.
“thoracic cage” is 胸廓 (xiōng kuò) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 胸廓, each with pinyin and an English translation.