n.the cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration

Auricular repair with autogenous rib cartilage grafts: two decades of experience with 600 cases.
Technical advances in ear reconstruction with autogenous rib cartilage grafts: personal experience with 1200 cases.
The cell density of human articular and costal cartilage.
Modification of the stages in total reconstruction of the auricle: Part I. Grafting the three-dimensional costal cartilage framework...
Microtia repair with rib cartilage grafts: a review of personal experience with 1000 cases.
Internal stabilization of autogenous rib cartilage grafts in rhinoplasty: a barrier to cartilage warping.
The rate of warping in irradiated and nonirradiated homograft rib cartilage: a controlled comparison and clinical implications.
ARTIFICIAL CARTILAGE CONTAINING CHONDROCYTES OBTAINED FROM COSTAL CARTILAGE AND PREPARATION PROCESS THEREOF
Costal cartilage fractures as revealed on CT and sonography
Chondrocyte function of human articular and costal cartilage compared by measuring the in vitro uptake of labelled (35S) sulphate.