ribs are not fused or tightly attached to their vertebrae, instead being loosely articulated.

[8] Ten
dorsal ribs are on either side of the body.[3] The large neck was filled with an extensive system of
weight-saving air sacs. Brontosaurus, like its close relative Apatosaurus, had tall spines on its
vertebrae, which made up more than half the height of the individual bones. The shape of the tail
was unusual for diplodocids, being comparatively slender, due to the vertebral spines rapidly
decreasing in height the farther they are from the hips. Brontosaurus spp. also had very long ribs
compared to most other diplodocids, giving them unusually deep chests.[9] As in other
diplodocids, the last portion of the tail of Brontosaurus possessed a whip-like structure.[8]

Restoration of B. excelsus.

The limb bones were also very robust.[9] The arm bones are stout, with the humerus resembling
that of Camarasaurus, and those of B. excelsus being nearly identical to those of Apatosaurus
ajax. Charles Gilmore in 1936 noted that previous reconstructions erroneously proposed that
the radius and ulna could cross, when in life they would have remained parallel.
[8]
 Brontosaurus had a single large claw on each fore limb, and the first three toes possessed
claws on each foot.[10] Even by 1936, it was recognized that no sauropod had more than one hand
claw preserved, and this one claw is now accepted as the maximum number