Costal cartilage 1
Cartilago costalis I
Hyaline cartilage that carries the rib to the sternum and gives the chest wall its spring.
- System
- Cartilage
- Region
- Trunk
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Ventral end of its rib.
- Insertion
- Sternum for the sternal ribs, or the cartilage in front of it for the asternal ribs.
- Action
- Hyaline cartilage that carries the rib to the sternum and gives the chest wall its spring.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the pig; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Measured on the specimen
What the costal cartilage 1 is in contact with in the model itself, with the share of the other structure’s surface it covers. A contact is not always a joint: bones that simply lie against one another are in this list too.
- Rib 19%
- Sternum1%
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Costal cartilage 1
- Latin (NAV)
- Cartilago costalis I
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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