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costal cartilage

NOUN
  1. the cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration

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  • Starting from the cardiac orifice at the incisura cardiaca, it forms an arch backward, upward, and to the left; the highest point of the convexity is on a level with the sixth left costal cartilage. XI. Splanchnology. 1F. The Stomach
  • He had subsequent radical excision of the recurrent nodule, including surrounding abdominal wall, costal cartilages, and ribs.
  • The rectus abdominis muscle inserts at the fifth through seventh costal cartilage, and it helps flex the vertebral column and provide support for the torso.
  • All rhinolophoids have an ossified first costal cartilage fused to the manubrium and first rib.
  • The first rib may be shorter than usual, slender and connected with the second costal cartilage.
  • The Left Innominate Vein (v. anonyma sinistra), about 6 cm. in length, begins behind the sternal end of the clavicle and runs obliquely downward and to the right behind the upper half of the manubrium sterni to the sternal end of the first right costal cartilage, where it unites with the right innominate vein to form the superior vena cava. VII. The Veins. 3c. The Veins of the Upper Extremity and Thorax
  • The articulation of the rib and intercostal cartilage and the articulation between vertebral bodies are considered synarthroses.
  • He had subsequent radical excision of the recurrent nodule, including surrounding abdominal wall, costal cartilages, and ribs.
  • A more common variation in the sternum is asymmetry of the costal cartilages, which may articulate in an alternating pattern.
  • Two adjacent ribs, often five and six, and six and seven, sometimes articulate at their costal cartilages by a diarthrosis, synarthrosis, or syndesmosis.
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