COSTAL CARTILAGE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration

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Nouns denoting body parts

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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