Lungs painfully compressed, maybe even punctured by a splintered rib.
Thus he had crushed Memet, caving in his chest until his splintered ribs punctured his heart; and Tarzan let him get his hold.
No need to mention the splintered ribs, and the salt bubble in his throat, and the agonized knowledge that this was death.
Spikes projected through splintered ribs.
An out-thrust boot brought the would-be escapee to the ground, and a savage kick bounced him off a wall and left him curled in a sobbing knot around splintered ribs.
He was in fact beginning to tremble violently, the shivering making him moan as it caught the splintered ribs.
A slip and the thing would have him, the massive claws crushing his body, driving splintered ribs into his lungs or pulping his intestines.
His hands scratched and scrabbled at the left side of his shredded parka above his heart, which had finally been punctured by the jagged stub of a splintered rib.
Two badly splintered ribs.
I figure he's got a splintered rib or two, probably cutting something.