Costochondral articulations

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Costochondral articulations
Latin	articulationes costochondrales
Gray's	subject #77 304
Dorlands/Elsevier	a_64/12161107

Costochondral Articulations.—The lateral end of each costal cartilage is received into a depression in the sternal end of the rib, and the two are held together by the periosteum.

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