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costo-
- a combining form meaning “rib,” used in the formation of compound words:
costoclavicular.
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They are most commonly met with in the tibia and in the ribs at the costo-chondral junctions.
Breathing, according to its form of production, is: Costal or combined; diaphragmatic; costo-diaphragmatic.
The artery will then be felt pulsating, but hidden by the costo-coracoid membrane, which acts as its sheath.
The costo-transverse ligaments bind the ribs to the transverse processes of the thoracic vertebrae.
The ligaments which connect them are called costo-central, and are two in number.
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