Group · Skeletal system
Costal cartilages
Cartilagines costales
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Thorax
- Part of
- Thoracic skeleton
DescriptionUnreviewed
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.
Costal cartilage is only found at the anterior ends of the ribs, providing medial extension.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Cartilagines costales
- English
- Costal cartilages
- French
- Cartilages costaux
- Spanish
- Cartílagos costales
- Portuguese
- Cartilagens costais