Anatom3DLeft sixth costal cartilage
Cartilago costalis sexta sinistra · Levá šestá žeberní chrupavka
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A long cartilage curving up from the sixth rib to the lower breastbone, near the xiphoid.
What it does
Links the rib to the sternum and helps form the lower edge of the rib cage.
Keeping it well
Often harvested for grafts in nose and ear reconstruction. Tenderness here is usually musculoskeletal.