Relating to or designating a ligament connecting the coracoid bone (in the shoulder) to the cartilage of the first rib.
Combines 'chondro-' (cartilage) + 'coracoid' (a hook-shaped bone in the shoulder), naming an anatomical structure based on what it connects.
This word maps the architecture of your shoulder—it's a textbook example of how anatomists literally name structures after the exact body parts they connect!
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