xiphoid bone
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xiphoid bone — noun : a slender ossification in the nuchal ligament of some birds (as the cormorant) … Useful english dictionary
Xiphoid process — Infobox Bone Name = Xiphoid process Latin = processus xiphoideus GraySubject = 27 GrayPage = 121 Caption = Lateral border of sternum. (Xiphoid process labeled at bottom.) Caption2 = Posterior surface of sternum. System = MeshName = Xiphoid+Bone… … Wikipedia
xiphoid process — xiphoid cartilage the lowermost section of the breastbone (see sternum): a flat pointed cartilage that gradually ossifies until it is completely replaced by bone, a process not completed until after middle age. It does not articulate with any… … The new mediacal dictionary
Bone — This article is about the skeletal organ. For other uses, see Bone (disambiguation) and Bones (disambiguation). For the tissue, see Osseous tissue. Drawing of a human femur Bones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of… … Wikipedia
Xiphoid process — A pointed cartilage attached to the lower end of the breastbone or sternum, the smallest and lowest division of the sternum. Cartilaginous early in life, it may become ossified (bony) in adults. It is sometimes simply called the xiphoid. Also… … Medical dictionary
Bone, breast — Familiar name for what is medically termed the sternum, the long flat bone in the middle of the front of the chest. The sternum articulates (comes together) with the cartilages of the first seven ribs and with the clavicle (collar bone) to form… … Medical dictionary
xiphoid process — noun smallest of the three parts of the breastbone; articulates with the corpus sternum and the seventh rib • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑os • Part Holonyms: ↑sternum, ↑breastbone … Useful english dictionary
processus xiphoideus — [TA] xiphoid process: the pointed process of cartilage, supported by a core of bone, connected with the lower end of the body of the sternum. Called also ensiform or xiphoid cartilage; xiphoid bone; and xiphisternum … Medical dictionary
xiph|oid — «ZIHF oyd», adjective, noun. Anatomy. –adj. 1. shaped like or resembling a sword; ensiform: »a xiphoid bone. 2. of or having to do with the xiphisternum or xiphisternal cartilage. –n. the xiphisternal or xiphoid cartilage. ╂[< New Latin… … Useful english dictionary
Cervical vertebrae — Bone: Cervical vertebrae Vertebral column … Wikipedia
