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Categories: Connective tissue, Skeletal system, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918), Thorax (human anatomy)
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costal cartilage  Articulationes interchondrales  Cartilagines costales  costal cartilages  Costochondral cartilage
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The cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration WordNet 3.0
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The cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The costal cartilages are bars of hyaline cartilage that serve to prolong the ribs forward and contribute to the elasticity of the walls of the thorax. Wikipedia
A type of cartilage forming bars which serve to prolong the ribs forward Wikipedia Disambiguation