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sternocostal triangle of diaphragm (sternocostal foramen)
A fibrous nonmuscular area of diaphragm between the muscular slips of the sternal & costal part.
- when fails to form congenitally, the morgagni foramen- may allow herniation of abdominal viscera into thorax
Related
lumbocostal triangle of diaphragm (vertebrocostal trigone or triangle, Bochdalek gap)
Morgagni foramen hernia (parasternal, retrosternal or foramen of Bochdalek hernia)
General
diaphragm muscle
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
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