Anatom3DLeft seventh costal cartilage
Cartilago costalis septima sinistra · Levá sedmá žeberní chrupavka
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
The longest of the directly attached cartilages, curving up from the seventh rib to the side of the xiphoid.
What it does
The last rib to reach the breastbone directly; ribs 8 to 10 join the cartilage above them to form the rib margin.
Keeping it well
Joins the rib-margin junction, where a slipping rib can cause clicking pain. Frequent graft donor site.