You've discovered a body in an ancient ruin quite similar to ours but with slightly different muscles. What function would make the most sense for a muscle made of skeletal tissue, with an origin position supra the sternum, stretched in an oblique pattern with a second, distal origin
position at the base of a rib? (Again, it's very similar to human musculature.)
of 1
Select one:
a. provide cushion for the ribs
b. allow ribs to spread apart when it breathes
c. contracts ribs to protect the heart
d. contracts to help the heart beat