xiphoid process
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002207
A cartilaginous extension to the distal part of the sternum. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiphoid_process https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3153001&group_id=76834&atid=1205376 ]
Synonyms: xiphoid process, xiphisternum, xiphoid process of sternum
Term info
- EMAPA:18725
- FMA:7488
- NCIT:C33895
- SCTID:272711000
- MA:0001334
- UMLS:C0043356 (ncithesaurus:Xiphoid_Process)
- Wikipedia:Xiphoid_process
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
usually ossified in the adult human. By age 15 to 29, the xiphoid usually fuses to the body of the sternum with a fibrous joint. Unlike the synovial articulation of major joints, this is non-movable. Much the way the first seven ribs articulate with the sternum, the cartilage in the celiac plexus joins on the xiphoid process, reinforcing it, and indirectly attaches the costal cartilage to the sternum.
this class may represent a mixed bony-cartilage element, or it may be the superclass of either purely cartilage or purely ossified elements
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Gray117.png
xyphoid, xiphoid, metasternum, xiphoid process, xiphoideus, processus xiphoideus, xiphosternal junction
uberon
UBERON:0002207
Xiphoid process