Clavicular notch 



Incisura clavicularis. 



Gladiolo-enaifonn 

 articulation 



THE AXIAL SKELETON 



! Intel-clavicular notch 

 j Incisura jugularis 



The manubrium (presternum) 



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.Sternal gynchondrosis (manu- 



" brio-gladiolal articulation) 



Synchondrosis sternalis 



Articular facet for a rib 

 Incisura costalis 



The body of the sternum or 

 gladiolus (meBosternum) 



s Articular facet for a rib 

 Incisura costalis 



Ensiform or xiphoid process 

 (metasternum, xiphisternum) 



Processus xiphoideus 



'/I 



/ Clavicular notch 

 Incisura clavicularis 



- Manubrium 

 Manubrium sterni 



-Angle of the sternum 1 



Angulus sterni 



- Body of the sternum or gladiolus 



Corpus sterni 



Articular facets for the ribs 



,.' Incisurae costales 



I Ensiform or xiphoid process 



Processus xiphoideus 



* he angle between the m anubrium and the body of the sternum 

 more prominent. It is then known as anguls Ludovici. or Ludwig's 



FIG. 88. THE STERNUM SEEN FROM 

 BEFORE. 



FIG. 89. THE STERNUM SEEN 

 FROM THE LEFT SIDE. 



-;^Suprasternal bones 

 .-' Ossa suprasternalia 



--Clavicular notch 

 Incisura clavicularis 



The manubrium 

 Manubrium sterni 



The body of the sternum 



Corpus sterni 



FIG. 90. THE UPPER PORTION OF THE STERNUM WITH THE SUPRASTERNAL 

 BONES (A RARE VARIETY). SEEN FROM BEFORE. 



Sternum The breast-bone. 



