After thexiphoidprocess and linea alba are dissected and divided, only the body of sternum is cut vertically.
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The incision was started at thexiphoidprocess and continued to the sterno-manubrial junction.
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The right leaflet is the largest, the middle, directed toward thexiphoidprocess, the next in size, and the left the smallest.
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There is a small raised plane caused by projection ofxiphoidappendage sometimes observable at lower end of sternum.
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It is also said to lie roughly a hand's breadth beneath thexiphoidprocess of the human sternum.
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At the front, fibres emerge from behind thexiphoidprocess and the cartilages of the floating ribs, ribs 7-12.
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It extends from the sternal notch to thexiphoidprocess.
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A typical human rib cage consists of 24 ribs, the sternum (withxiphoidprocess), costal cartilages, and the 12 thoracic vertebrae.
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Bruising to the abdomen is highly likely and more serious injuries can occur, including fracture of thexiphoidprocess or ribs.
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She has been hospitalized twice, had two broken ribs, a broken sternum, and a brokenxiphoidprocess.
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The inferior angle has a small facet, which, with a corresponding one on thexiphoidprocess, forms a notch for the cartilage of the seventh rib.
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Xiphoidprocess labeled at bottom.
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One is usually situated at the level of the umbilicus, one at the extremity of thexiphoidprocess, and the third about midway between the two.
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