manubrium of sternum

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Structure

  • the upper segment of the sternum, a flattened nearly triangular bone
  • it is occasionally fused with the body of the sternum
  • normally, it forms a slight angle with the body of the sternum, the sternal angle

More general terms

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References

  1. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999