Term Name: | costal cartilage |
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Synonyms: | cartilagines costales, cartilago costalis, sternal cartilage |
Definition: | the nonvascular, resilient, flexible hyaline connective tissue that connects the end of a true rib to the sternum or the end of a false rib with the with the lower border of the costal cartilage above it |
Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002236] |