costal cartilage

English

The costal cartilages (shown in red)

Noun

costal cartilage (plural costal cartilages)

(anatomy) 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.

Translations

bar of hyaline cartilage found at the anterior ends of the ribs

Chinese:
Mandarin: 肋軟骨／肋软骨 (zh) (lèiruǎngǔ)
Finnish: kylkirusto
French: cartilage costal m
German: Rippenknorpel m
Hungarian: bordaporc
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Portuguese: cartilagem costal (pt) f
Russian: рёберный хрящ m (rjóbernyj xrjašč), хрящева́я часть ребра́ f (xrjaščevája častʹ rebrá)
Spanish: cartílago costal m

See also

costochondritis

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