Noun
costa -
a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
anatomical structure ,
bodily structure ,
body structure ,
complex body part ,
structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches" ; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
costa -
any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
rib
bone ,
os a shade of white the color of bleached bones
craniate ,
vertebrate animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
craniate ,
vertebrate animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
true rib one of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum
