costa

Noun
  1. A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing) (synset 105599881)
    is a type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
  2. 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) (synset 105286525)
    referred to in: craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
    is a type of: bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
    subtypes: true rib - one of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum
    has: costal cartilage - the cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration
    is a part of: craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
    same as: rib

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