n
(anatomy) The costal arch; anterior and lateral boundary between the abdomen and the thorax.
adj
(anatomy) Not sternal; said of ribs that do not join the sternum.
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the articulation of the atlas with the axis.
adj
Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit.
n
Alternative form of backbone [The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.]
n
(medicine) The set of tissues that bound the thoracic cavity, including the rib cage, fascia, muscles etc.
adj
(informal) of, or pertaining to, the chest region
adj
(anatomy) Synonym of costochondral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the costal cartilage and the sternum
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the clavicle and the chest
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the clavicle.
adj
(adjective) Relating to the clavicle and the ribs
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or having, a cleithrum.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the clivus.
n
(obsolete) A rib; a side.
n
(anatomy) Synonym of rib.
n
(anatomy) One of the bars of hyaline cartilage, found at the anterior ends of the ribs, that serve to prolong the ribs forward and contribute to the elasticity of the walls of the thorax.
adv
In terms of the ribs or costae.
adj
Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs.
n
(anatomy, rare) A costal cartilage.
adj
(anatomy) Bearing ribs.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and clavicle; applied to a ligament that connects the cartilage of the first rib with the costal tuberosity on the undersurface of the clavicle.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the costal pleura and diaphragmatic pleura.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the costal pleura and mediastinal pleura.
adj
(anatomy) costal and neural
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the pleura.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the lungs.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the scapula.
adj
Relating to the ribs and sternum.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the thorax.
adj
(anatomy) connecting a rib and the transverse process of a vertebra
adj
(anatomy) Connecting a rib with the body of a vertebra
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a rib and a xiphoid process
adj
Relating to a coxosternum
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the deltoid muscle and the pectoralis major.
adj
(anatomy) Of, relating to, or being a digastric muscle.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the back and the side.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the back and the sternum.
adj
Relating to the entosternum.
adj
(anatomy) Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra
adj
Of or pertaining to the episternum.
n
Any of the ribs that do not articulate directly with the sternum, but connect indirectly via cartilage.
adj
(anatomy) Having bent or curved ribs.
adj
Relating to (the posture of) the knees and chest
n
(anatomy) The muscular stomach, or gizzard, of birds.
n
(anatomy, obsolete) A socket.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the humerus and the thorax
adj
(anatomy) Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or relating to both of them; infrahyoid.
n
(anatomy) A reduced kyphotic curvature of the thoracic region of the spine
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ilium and ribs.
n
(anatomy) The intercostal muscles.
n
(anatomy) An intercostal muscle.
adj
(anatomy) Within the thorax.
adj
(anatomy) Within a rib.
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the jugal bone.
n
(anatomy) The normal convex curvature of the spine in the thoracic and sacral regions.
n
One of the small deep muscles connecting the ribs to the vertebrae of the posterior spine, that are used to elevate the ribs.
adj
Related to the lower back or loin, specifically the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.
n
(anatomy) The broad, upper part of the sternum.
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesosternum.
adj
Of or pertaining to the metasternum.
adj
Relating to, or situated in the middle of the rib cage
n
(anatomy) In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle.
adj
Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest.
n
The muscle that covers the heart organ.
adj
(anatomy) Around the sternum.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and diaphragm.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and diaphragm.
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the presternum.
adj
Relating to the profurcasternum
adj
Relating to a prosternum
adj
Of or pertaining to the prothorax.
n
(anatomy) The ligament that joins the sternal end of the clavicle with the cartilage of the first rib.
n
The enclosed area created by and within the ribs.
n
Alternative spelling of rib cage [(anatomy) A part of the skeleton within the thoracic area consisting of ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae.]
n
An indirect measure of skeletal maturity, whereby the ossification stage of the iliac apophysis is used to judge the ossification of the spinal vertebrae.
adj
Relating to the sacrum and the ribs
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sacrum and the ribs
n
(anatomy) The region of the sacrum and the ilium in the lower back.
n
(anatomy) Any of several muscles of the vertebral or costal region that produce a serrated border.
n
(anatomy) Either of two flat oblique muscles which are attached to the vertebrae on each side of the neck and upper thoracic region and which draw back the head.
adj
Alternative form of sternocostal [Of or pertaining to both the sternum and the ribs]
adj
(anatomy) Of, relating to, or near the sternum.
n
(anatomy) The synarthrotic joint formed by the articulation of the manubrium and the body of the sternum.
adv
(anatomy) In terms of, or upon, the sternum.
n
(anatomy) Synonym of sternebra
n
(anatomy) One of the segments of the sternum.
adj
Of or pertaining to both the sternum and the ribs
n
(anatomy) Small zones lying between the costal and sternal attachments of the thoracic diaphragm.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sternum and chin.
adj
Relating to the sternopleuron or to the sternum and the pleura
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the styloid process.
n
(anatomy) A subcostal muscle.
adj
(anatomy) under the sternum
adj
(anatomy) Situated above, or on the outside of, the ribs.
adj
(anatomy) Of the thorax.
n
(anatomy) Any of the twelve vertebrae in the chest region of the spine.
n
A rib attached to the spine and sternum, as opposed to a floating rib.
n
(anatomy) A median ossification at the back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.
adj
Of or relating to ribs (specifically, the eighth, ninth, and tenth ribs) connected to vertebrae at one end and at the other with costal cartilages of other ribs; vertebrocostal, but not vertebrosternal.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the vertebra and rib.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the vertebra and sternum.
adj
Relating to, or in the region of the xiphoid process
adj
Of or relating to the xiphisternum.
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the xiphisternum.
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