Resilient, smooth, glass-like tissue at the front ends of ribs in verterbrates
Costal cartilage
Position of the costal cartilages (shown in red).
Sternocostal and interchondral articulations. Anterior view.
Details
Identifiers
Latin
cartilagines costales
Greek
costo condrio
MeSH
D066186
TA98
A02.3.01.005
TA2
1140, 1139
FMA
7591
Anatomical terminology
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The costal cartilages are bars of hyaline cartilage[1] that serve to prolong the ribs forward and contribute to the elasticity of the walls of the thorax. Costal cartilage is only found at the anterior ends of the ribs, providing medial extension.
^Dai, Meilu; Sui, Baiyan; Hua, Yujie; Zhang, Yiqing; Bao, Bingkun; Lin, Qiuning; Liu, Xin; Zhu, Linyong; Sun, Jiao (2020-05-01). "A well defect-suitable and high-strength biomimetic squid type II gelatin hydrogel promoted in situ costal cartilage regeneration via dynamic immunomodulation and direct induction manners". Biomaterials. 240: 119841. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.119841. ISSN 0142-9612. PMID 32088411. S2CID 211263070.
The costalcartilages are bars of hyaline cartilage that serve to prolong the ribs forward and contribute to the elasticity of the walls of the thorax...
Tietze syndrome is a benign inflammation of one or more of the costalcartilages. It was first described in 1921 by German surgeon Alexander Tietze and...
supports the clavicles (collarbones) and its edges join with the costalcartilages of the first two pairs of ribs. The inner surface of the sternum is...
The costochondral joints are the joints between the ribs and costalcartilage in the front of the rib cage. They are hyaline cartilaginous joints (i.e...
ligaments are weakened or disrupted and have increased laxity, causing the costalcartilage tips to subluxate (partially dislocate). This results in pain or discomfort...
people.: 319 The sternal angle corresponds to the level of the 2nd costalcartilage on either side, and the level between the fourth and fifth thoracic...
human thoracic cage consists of 12 pairs of ribs and the adjoining costalcartilages, the sternum (along with the manubrium and xiphoid process), and the...
but with Tietze syndrome being differentiated by swelling of the costalcartilage. Costochondritis is considered a self-limited condition that will resolve...
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The costal margin, also known as the costal arch, is the lower edge of the chest (thorax) formed by the bottom edge of the rib cage. The costal margin...
Look up costal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Costal may refer to: an adjective related to the rib (Latin: costa) in anatomy Costalcartilage, a type...
sternum, the cartilage within the celiac plexus attaches to the xiphoid process, reinforcing it, and indirectly connecting the costalcartilage to the sternum...
between the manubrium of the sternum, and the clavicle, and the first costalcartilage. The joint possesses a joint capsule, and an articular disc, and is...
earlier Old Norse brjósk, meaning cartilage. The cut overlies the sternum, ribs, and connecting costalcartilages. Briskets can be cooked in many ways...
vena cava, a great vessel, posterior to the junction of the first costalcartilage with the manubrium of the sternum. The brachiocephalic veins are the...
attach to the sternum with costalcartilage and are known as "true ribs". The 8th through 10th ribs have non-costalcartilage which connects them to the...
the left ventricle, on a level with the lower border of the third costalcartilage behind the left half of the sternum. It passes obliquely upward, forward...
connected to the sternum by the costalcartilage. Similarly, the false ribs also connect to the sternum through costalcartilages, however indirectly through...
vertebra 1 (T1). At the front of the body, most of the ribs are joined by costalcartilage to the sternum. Ribs connect to vertebrae at the costovertebral joints...
lower end of the sternum; a broader concavity involving the upper costalcartilages is possible. The lower-most ribs may protrude ("flared ribs"). Pectus...
ribs 8 through 10 are termed false ribs as their costalcartilage articulates with the costalcartilage of the rib above. The thorax bones also have the...
fibers pass anterior and superior from the upper margin of the rib and costalcartilage to the lower margin of the rib above. The internal intercostals are...
pylorus and the tips of the ninth costalcartilages; The subcostal plane Transverse plane through the inferior border of costal margin; Typically located at...
The pectoralis major arises from parts of the clavicle and sternum, costalcartilages of the true ribs, and the aponeurosis of the abdominal external oblique...
spans from the medial side of the 3rd left costalcartilage, to the middle of the right 6th costalcartilage. Epicardial fat tends to be concentrated along...
upper limbs, head and neck, behind the lower border of the first right costalcartilage. It passes vertically downwards behind the first intercostal space...
surface extends to the inferior aspect for articulation with the first costalcartilage. The lateral end is also known as the acromial end. It is flat from...
pubic crest and pubic tubercle inferiorly, to the xiphoid process and costalcartilages of the 5th–7th ribs superiorly. The rectus abdominis muscle is contained...
surface of the xiphoid process, and from the sternal ends of the costalcartilages of the lower three or four true ribs. Its fibers diverge upward and...
insufficient cartilage (as can occur in a revision rhinoplasty), then either a costalcartilage graft (from the rib cage) or an auricular cartilage graft (concha...
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