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COSTAL CARTILAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("costal cartilage" is a kind of...):
cartilaginous structure (body structure given shape by cartilage)
Holonyms ("costal cartilage" is a part of...):
costa; rib (any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates))
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