costal 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

   Broadercartilaginous structure

   Part ofrib

Questions about costal cartilage

What does costal cartilage mean?

costal cartilage means "the cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration".

Is costal cartilage a common word?

costal cartilage is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.