English Explanatory Dictionary

costal cartilage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the bars of hyaline cartilage, found at the anterior ends of the ribs, that serve to prolong the ribs forward and contribute to the elasticity of the walls of the thorax.

Word forms

costal cartilage costal cartilages

Related words

costochondritis
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary