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sternocostal joint

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Arthrodial joints, with the exception of the first, in which the cartilage is directly united with the sternum, and which is, therefore, a synarthrodial articulation. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sternocostal_joints ]

Term info

Label

sternocostal joint

Synonyms
  • articulatio sternocostalis
  • costo sternal joint
  • costosternal joint
  • sternochondral joint
  • sternocostal synovial joint
  • synovial sternocostal joint
database cross reference
depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Gray315.png

external ontology notes

FMA has FMA:72323 'Costosternal joint', isa Synchondrosis, no other relationships

has related synonym

articulationes sternocostales

id

UBERON:0001998

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