#costal_cartilage  the cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration
  supertype:  #cartilaginous_structure__cartilaginousstructure  body structure given shape by cartilage
  part of:  #rib.bone__costa  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)
     part of:  #vertebrate__craniate  animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

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