(n.) The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; -- sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process.
(n.) The xiphiplastron.
Example Sentences:
(1) The patient showed characteristic features: upper and lower eyelids connected to each other by a string-like epithelium, low hairline, epicanthal folds, saddle nose with a broad, flat root, micrognathia, short neck, high-arched palate, prominent xiphisternum, wide-spaced nipples, bilateral pes equinovarus, fifth toes that overlapped the fourth toes bilaterally, a deep fissure between the first and second toes bilaterally, and abnormal flexions of fingers and toes.
(2) The method of measuring oesophageal length by the use of the external chest measurement, that is, the distance between the lower incisor teeth and the xiphisternum, measured with the neck fully extended and the patient lying supine, is described in detail, its practical application in oesophageal surgery is illustrated, and its validity tested by internal measurements.
(3) Addition of each of these cytokines to cells, isolated from the xiphisternum of adult rats, resulted in a time- and dose-dependent increase in phospholipase activity in both secreted and membrane-associated form.
(4) The xiphisternum (not a true sternebra) was infrequently ossified.
(5) Fundal height traditionally measured in relation to umbilicus and xiphisternum is of little value in predicting the fetal growth.
(6) The jugular notch and xiphisternum are used ventrally and the spinous process on the same horizontal planes is used dorsally as reference points for spinal rotation.
(7) An electrocardiographic electrode montage is described using electrodes mounted on the manubrium sterni (RA), xiphisternum (LA) and V5 position (LL).
(8) Further evidence is presented that the epigastric pain of duodenal ulceration, situated between the rib margins and just below the xiphisternum, arises from the lower oesophagus.One-hundred patients with duodenal ulceration were divided into those with epigastric pain (61) and those with pain in the upper abdomen but not in the epigastrium (39).
(9) Nodules of O. gibsoni were found in the brisket, stifle and hip regions, while O; lienalis occurred along the gastrosplenic ligament and above the xiphisternum.
(10) A simple technique was developed for quantifying the axial displacements using a single measurement by magnetometry of changes in the distance between a point on the anterior surface of the rib cage near the xiphisternum and a point on the abdominal surface near the pubic symphysis.
(11) Six anesthetized paralyzed cats with normal lungs were ventilated by high-frequency chest wall compression (HFCWC) at 5 Hz using a single-chamber circumferential cuff enclosing the thorax from the axillae to the xiphisternum.
(12) The sensory level of anesthesia was between the umbilicus and xiphisternum.
(13) Scar stretching occurs most frequently in the lower third of the scar overlying the xiphisternum and extending onto the abdomen.
(14) The lead II setting on the monitor, equivalent to CM5, offers optimal ischaemia detection, while lead I, now a vertical lead, manubrium to xiphisternum, results in maximal P wave amplitude.
(15) They were joined together from just above the xiphisternum to the umbilicus and were successfully separated.
(16) A male infant presented with two well-formed lower limbs and pelvis with external male genitalia attached to the thorax at the xiphisternum.
(17) The indifferent electrode is situated at the xiphisternum or at the apex of the heart.
Xiphoid
Definition:
(a.) Like a sword; ensiform.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the xiphoid process; xiphoidian.
Example Sentences:
(1) The line of attachment of each hemidiaphragm begins at the anterior axillary line and extends cranially and medially to meet at the xiphoid process.
(2) The results are related to a transverse axis passing through the apex of the xiphoid process and the median plane in the supine position.
(3) The fine epitope specificity of two murine monoclonal antibodies (HP 2G2 and HP 4D3)1 raised against rabbit xiphoid cartilage proteoglycan monomer (fraction AlDlDl) was determined by solid-phase radioimmune assay utilizing native and heat-denatured (50 degrees C, 30 min) AlDlDl as antigen.
(4) This cold-warm water protocol was repeated on separate days for exposure to the remaining conditions of body immersion (immersion of 1 forearm and all tissues below the xiphoid process) and control (no immersion).
(5) The flap length, which optimally produced predictable and persistent necrosis, was found midway between the xiphoid and the sternal notch.
(6) This article presents the case of a child with an unusual type of cleft sternum characterized by fusion superiorly between the clavicles and inferiorly at the xiphoid with wide intervening separation.
(7) Rats were intubated and ventilated mechanically then subjected to a midline ventral incision from larynx to xiphoid process.
(8) Raising the water to xiphoid level pushed the abdomen in and expanded the rib cage at end expiration.
(9) Six normal male volunteers, aged 25 to 34, suspended vertically in a harness that allowed them to completely relax their postural muscles, were studied in four randomly ordered conditions, namely in air at 28 degrees C, and immersed in water at 35 degrees C to the level of the hips, the xiphoid, or the chin.
(10) There were on land at 24 degrees C (LND), and immersed in water at 33-34 degrees C to hip level (HIP), and to the xiphoid (XIP).
(11) Each patient had a soft continuous murmur with distinct diastolic accentuation at the low left sternal border or xiphoid area.
(12) The patient presented with a subcutaneous hematoma of the abdominal wall that extended from the xiphoid process to the symphysis pubis and measured 20 cm in diameter.
(13) The sternal and xiphoid area, left costosternal junctions, and left anterior chest wall were the areas where tenderness was most common, but no significant differences were found comparing locations of tenderness in those with reproduction of typical pain.
(14) It consists of 2.5 cm in height, elastic inductive plethysmographic transducers placed transversely in the proximity of the xiphoid process to provide changes in cross-sectional area on a transverse plane across the minor ventricular axis.
(15) A physical examination demonstrated a film, slightly tender lesion at the liver's edge palpable 10 cm below the xiphoid process.
(16) In an effort to understand the perceived correlation of internal mammary artery harvesting and wound healing difficulties in the inferior margins of the sternotomy incision, we showed the cutaneous vascular perfusion in the sternal and xiphoid areas by India ink injection studies in cadavers.
(17) Since the site 3 cm caudad to the xiphoid process is known to anatomically transect solely a segment of the left ventricle, it was designated the TCG-Reference location.
(18) We attempted this procedure in six of seven patients who had large abdominal wall defects that reached the xiphoid process.
(19) Rats were fasted for 22 h, placed in a restraint cage, and immersed in water to the xiphoid process for different times lasting from 2 to 8 h. After 6 h, stress slightly increased gastric mucosal ODC and caused a sevenfold increase in duodenal mucosal ODC activity.
(20) Xiphoid-to-shoulder immersion was less easily interpreted, since both rib cage and abdomen were compressed, lengthening both inspiratory muscles.