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Post by Philip on Oct 31, 2004 20:06:45 GMT -5
I did toy with the idea of a rather complex form of overlapping slated ribs (in ‘Y’ like shapes) but I don’t think it would work out.
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Post by Kage2020 on Oct 31, 2004 20:19:49 GMT -5
As always, this is not the thread for it. That's a General thread which doesn't exist at the moment. This thread is defined by an inability to agree on a decent approach to Marines over what might be confered to canonical revision. (E.g. we don't have to agree with what GW says merely because that is what they say.) The overall effect is consistent, though.
And a fused rib is more complex than enhanced intramembranous ossification, which is the entire function of the organ which delays onset of epiphyseal fusion? In other words, why is it necessary for ribs to fuse despite "Rule of Cool" and conformance to GW when you've got delayed maturation of the other bones?
And what the hell is this going to do to the cranial skeleton!?
Okay, that's anal. Fusion of the cranial skeleton isn't really that predictable enough to be relevant.
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Post by Philip on Oct 31, 2004 20:29:28 GMT -5
That’s why I was thinking of the Y shapes, they could grow together over time, and may eventually fuse.
As to why fuse them in the first place? Hmm, you got me, perhaps to protect the heart from piecing weapons, but a layer of flexi long chain proteins would do much the same thing (and could be applied all over).
The only other reason is clavicle fusion, but this could be relegated to the upper ribs.
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Post by Kage2020 on Oct 31, 2004 20:46:05 GMT -5
Ah, the 'ole suspension of disbelief again. Personally I'd go with the formation of "imaginery joints" rather than fusion. Pseudoarthrosis rather than arthrosis given the important of this particular little bit of the body.
"Y" shape ribs just seems to defeat the purpose of the ribs in the first place, including just how they form...
But, hell, what does that matter?
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Post by Philip on Oct 31, 2004 21:08:06 GMT -5
"Y" shape ribs just seems to defeat the purpose of the ribs in the first place, including just how they form... Not sure why you said this, so to clarify: The Y shape is a cross section of the rib. I imagine two bone growth ridges along the length of the rib, running along and flat to the muscle (when/ if they fuse the muscle will be metabolized into bone).
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Post by Kage2020 on Nov 1, 2004 12:04:14 GMT -5
No, I gathered that... to a point it would make sense, but then again just expanding the upper and lower borders would do that without having to completely change the shape of the rib. And, again, fusing the ribs is a bad idea...
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