Term Name: costal cartilage
Synonyms: cartilagines costales, cartilago costalis, sternal cartilage
Definition: the nonvascular, resilient, flexible hyaline connective tissue that connects the end of a true rib to the sternum or the end of a false rib with the with the lower border of the costal cartilage above it
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002236]

Relationships
is part of: rib
is a type of: cartilage element
has subtype: xiphoid cartilage