Xiphoid process
Processus xiphoideus
The last piece of the sternum, ending in the xiphoid cartilage, which is where the linea alba and the diaphragm attach.
- System
- Bone
- Region
- Trunk
- Sides
- Single, on the midline
Measured on the specimen
What the xiphoid process 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.
- Eighth costal cartilage18%
- Sternebra 750%
- Cartilago xiphoidea50%
- Eighth costal cartilage18%
- Cartilago costalis IX15%
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Xiphoid process
- Latin (NAV)
- Processus xiphoideus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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