sternocostal ligament

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Either of two sets of ligaments connecting the rib cartilages and the sternum.

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That night Gasol hobbled off his home court with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee.
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Weeks later, doctors reexamined the shoulder and found a partial ligament tear, she said.
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Daniel Webster said justice is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
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That action puts a stress in the anterior cruciate ligament.
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A ceratohyal then is attached posteriorly to the hypohyal and a stylohyal ligament is attached to each ceratohyal posteriorly.
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His eyes shone, his chin was thrust forward, every ligament in his body was strung taut.
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If the ligament of a gaping bivalve should become dry and stiff, it can be softened by putting it in water.
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When bivalves gape on dying in water, or if the ligament be broken, the valves should be closed and tied together.
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Care should be taken not to injure the edge or lip of the mouth of univalves, or the ligament of the hinge of bivalves.
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