Intercostal muscles are made up of several groups of muscles which are located between the ribs and essentially function to provide stability to the rib cage and chest wall.

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The region's more open systems - Thailand and the Philippines- have also been able to maintain political stability because their democratic mechanisms were permitted to function.

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