Manubrium
Manubrium sterni
The first and most cranial piece of the sternum; it projects in front of the first ribs and gives origin to the sternocephalicus and sternohyoideus.
- System
- Bone
- Region
- Trunk
- Sides
- Single, on the midline
Measured on the specimen
What the manubrium is in contact with in the model itself, with the share of the other structure’s surface it covers. A contact is not always a joint: bones that simply lie against one another are in this list too.
- Manubriosternal joint62%
- Sternebra 250%
- Second costal cartilage16%
- Second costal cartilage16%
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Manubrium
- Latin (NAV)
- Manubrium sterni
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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