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Definition of Sternocostal
1. a. Of or pertaining to the sternum and the ribs; as, the sternocostal cartilages.
Definition of Sternocostal
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to both the sternum and the ribs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sternocostal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternocostal
Literary usage of Sternocostal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"They are very thin, intimately blended with the radiate sternocostal ligaments,
and strengthened at the upper and lower parts of the articulations by a few ..."
2. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"They are very thin, intimately blended with the radiate sternocostal ligaments,
and strengthened at the upper and lower parts of the articulations by a few ..."
3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"It is divided by a deep fissure into a clavicular and a sternocostal portion.
The fissure penetrates through the entire thickness of the muscle, ..."
4. The Alligator and Its Allies by Albert Moore Reese (1915)
"... the latter from the anterior border of the first sternocostal ridge. The two
parts unite and are inserted on the whole posterior border of the coracoid. ..."
5. Anatomical terminology, with special reference to the (B N A): With Special by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1907)
"... foramen sternocostal joints Joint-capsules ... ligament) Radiate sternocostal
ligaments (OT anterior and posterior ..."
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