Adjective : costal nerves. From Dictionary.com.
In women the action of the ribs as they rise and fall, is emphasized more than in men, and this we call costal breathing. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
They actually have Toro, and several other that I have only seen in DC or other "costal" towns that can get it easily. From Wordnik.com. [Kotobuki - Review] Reference
Right lung adherent to diaphragm and costal pleura. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
Anterior field: Orthoptera; of tegmina, see costal field. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
We're dealing with a little bit of surge into the costal areas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2008] Reference
Brachial cells: Hymenoptera; 1st (Nort.), = costal and sub-costal. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Exterior margin: the outer margin; sometimes used for costal margin. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Governor Rick Perry is sending emergency responders to costal areas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2007] Reference
Basal post-costal vein: in Agrioninae, one of the cubito-anal cross-veins. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Base of left lung adherent to diaphragm and costal pleura; lung hardened. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
Right lung firmly adherent to diaphragm and costal pleura, near the spine. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
And that original evacuation order only covered a thin strip of costal Mississippi. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2005] Reference
Lower margin: of tegmina (Thomas), is the costal or anterior margin of other authors. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Fore wings acute, with two oblique brown costal marks; exterior border rather oblique. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
The subclavian artery is occasionally complicated by the presence of these costal appendages. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Other tourist areas like Phi Phi (ph) Island, to the costal shores of Calock (ph) are devastated. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2005] Reference
They had but slender costal attachments; but their spinal (small delicate tendons) were innumerable. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Injuries to the costal pleura by fractured ribs and punctured wounds may cause it to become inflamed. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Orthoptera, the femur of the fore-leg: in Hymenoptera, applied to the sub-costal vein in some groups. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Ambient vein: Diptera; the costal vein when it extends beyond the apex and practically margins the wing. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Right lung hardened at base; adherent to diaphragm and costal pleura; lump separated on one side only. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
Marginal field: in tegmina = costal field: q.v. Marginal nervure or vein: in Orthoptera, = costa (Comst.): in. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The costal pleura was covered with organized lymph to the thickness of an inch, with the usual characteristics. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
In fishes the costal arches enclose the thoracico-abdominal region, just as if it were a common abdominal region. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Intercostal: between veins or costae; usually in the narrow grooves between veins in the costal region of a wing. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Antipodal costal spaces: Odonata; the cells between costa and subcosta, from the base to the modus; = antecubitals. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Presently he was introduced to a stout matron, whose costume centered in an enormous costal cascade of gray pearls. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
Antenodal costal spaces: Odonata; the cells between costa and subcosta, from the base to the nodus: = ante-cubitals. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Mediastinal area: in Orthoptera, the area between median or mediastinal vein and the costal or front margin: = marginal area. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
In birds, and many reptiles, the costal arches enclose the common thoracico-abdominal region, as if it were a common pulmonary region. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
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