- Region
- Chest
- Tissue
- Costal cartilage
- Side
- Right
- Source
- ZA418671015
Between rib and sternum
Costal cartilage is hyaline cartilage, not bone. Cartilages of ribs 1–7 provide direct connections to the sternum; ribs 8–10 join indirectly through the costal margin, while ribs 11–12 have no sternal connection.
This object is indexed as cartilage 10 on the right. Compare it with the correspondingly numbered rib rather than counting visible fragments as separate ribs.
Read the original surface
The viewer preserves the complete source object. Any branching or extended lower contour remains part of this indexed mesh; it has not been cut into newly named cartilage segments.
Twenty source cartilage objects are loaded, numbered 1–10 on each side. Ribs, cartilages, sternum and thoracic vertebrae share one source coordinate system and one registration. Short cartilage caps of floating ribs 11–12 are not separately established in this audit.
Sources: Z-Anatomy
Compare in context
Use Show context to restore the trunk assembly, then turn Muscles off to inspect the skeletal framework. Bones and Cartilage have separate controls; leave both on to compare the connections.
Use Isolate to inspect this surface alone. The scene shows a static source position, without joint motion, tissue mechanics or attachment annotations.
Sources: Z-Anatomy
Read the model
Explore right costal cartilage 10 in 3D
- Inspect the cartilage. Rotate the isolated model to compare its shape from different angles.
- Find the rib. Open the related rib below; both objects share original source coordinates.
- Restore the chest. Compare both sides with muscles hidden. Chest →
BodyParts3D provides this right-sided surface model, not every anatomical variant. Colors distinguish structures; they are not tissue textures.
This surface belongs to the independent Cartilage layer. The three sternum models are parts of one bone.
The lower costal arch uses separate source objects 8–10. Connections to remaining BodyParts3D muscles and shoulder-girdle bones are approximately registered, not independently validated. Ligaments, intercostal muscles and organs are not included. Specialist anatomical review is pending.
A section tool is not available for this structure. The surface model does not reveal internal tissue architecture or represent a medical scan.
Sources and editorial status
This guide uses independently written explanations with links to the evidence behind them. Source checking and specialist anatomical review are separate steps; the latter is still pending.
- The thoracic cage
Rib–cartilage–sternum relationships. Independent factual summary; no figures reproduced.
- Z-Anatomy skeletal source and Anatomio changes
Named source FBX objects; complete triangle surfaces with one shared registration. CC BY-SA 4.0; author-reflected left counterparts, not independent bilateral specimens. Anatomical review pending.
3D geometry and its separate license are credited beneath the viewer. References do not imply endorsement of this site.