costal

Examples

• All

• Autologous cartilage sources for grafting include the contralateral concha, nasal septum, or costal cartilage.

  Academic text (2014)

• The ninth costal cartilage forms the antihelix, superior and inferior crus.

  Academic text (2014)

• Third bullet wound below costal margin to the left.

  Nightbreed (1990)

• The sixth and seventh costal cartilages are used to construct the base frame.

  Academic text (2014)

• The use of autogenous costal cartilage has been shown in several different studies to be efficacious.

  Academic text (1995)

• Despite the advances in other methods, autologous costal cartilage graft remains the mainstream of ear reconstruction surgery.

  Academic text (2014)

• A total of 96 microtia patients, ranging in age from six to 26 years, underwent reconstruction using autogenous costal cartilage between 2007 and 2010.

  Academic text (2012)

• One should consider that the processes of costal ventilation, limb modification, and jaw reorganization likely occurred somewhat simultaneously rather than sequentially.

  Academic text (2003)

• Until that time, the stenoses were generally anterior and surgically corrected with an anterior costal cartilage graft.

  Academic text (1995)

• The sixth and seventh costal cartilages were used for reconstruction of the base frame, while the eighth costal cartilage was used to construct the helix and crus helicis.

  Academic text (2012)

Compounds

C

costal cartilage

• Specialized

1 5.8

A piece of firm, bendable tissue that joins a rib to the breastbone

C

costal groove

• Specialized

8.2

A groove on the inner side of a rib that holds nerves and blood vessels

Surface Forms

Etymology