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... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Rib Cage > Sternum > Xiphoid Bone
... > Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Rib Cage > Sternum > Xiphoid Bone

Preferred term

Xiphoid Bone  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Xiphoid Process
  • Xiphoid Processes

Scope note

  • The smallest and most inferior triangular protrusion of the STERNUM or breastbone that extends into the center of the RIBCAGE.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under STERNUM 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014989

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