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xiphoid process of sternum (meta-sternum, ensiform, xiphoid appendix, xiphisternum)
Structure:
- the cartilage at the lower end of the sternum
- normally, it forms a slight angle with the body of the sternum, the sternal angle
Related
xiphoidynia (xiphoidalgia)
General
bony process
References
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Gray's Anatomy, facsimile edition, TP Pick & R Howden (eds),
The Ann Arbor Media Group, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI, 2003
- Wikepedia, Xiphoid process
http://en.wikipedia.org/Xiphoid
Component-of
sternum
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