Costal cartilage

Costal cartilage
Costal cartilage
	Position of the costal cartilages (shown in red).
	Sternocostal and interchondral articulations. Anterior view.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	cartilagines costales
Greek	costo condrio
MeSH	D066186
TA98	A02.3.01.005
TA2	1140, 1139
FMA	7591
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The costal cartilages are bars of hyaline cartilage^[1] 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.

^ Dai, Meilu; Sui, Baiyan; Hua, Yujie; Zhang, Yiqing; Bao, Bingkun; Lin, Qiuning; Liu, Xin; Zhu, Linyong; Sun, Jiao (2020-05-01). "A well defect-suitable and high-strength biomimetic squid type II gelatin hydrogel promoted in situ costal cartilage regeneration via dynamic immunomodulation and direct induction manners". Biomaterials. 240: 119841. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.119841. ISSN 0142-9612. PMID 32088411. S2CID 211263070.

[:2-1] Dai, Meilu; Sui, Baiyan; Hua, Yujie; Zhang, Yiqing; Bao, Bingkun; Lin, Qiuning; Liu, Xin; Zhu, Linyong; Sun, Jiao (2020-05-01). "A well defect-suitable and high-strength biomimetic squid type II gelatin hydrogel promoted in situ costal cartilage regeneration via dynamic immunomodulation and direct induction manners". Biomaterials. 240: 119841. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.119841. ISSN 0142-9612. PMID 32088411. S2CID 211263070.

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