Name the three pair of the ribs, indirectly connected to the sternum.

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False ribs
The false ribs are the ribs that indirectly articulate with the sternum, as their costal cartilages connect with the seventh costal cartilage; by the costochondral joint.
They are the eighth, ninth, and tenth ribs.

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