The cranial most segment of the sternum. Located ventrally with a quadrangular shape, wider superiorly and narrower inferiorly, it articulates with the clavicles and the first two ribs[MP,WP]. [ MP:0012668 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manubrium ]

Synonyms: manubrium sterni sternal rostrum sternum rostrum manubrium of sternum sternal manubrium

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

comment

May be cartilage in some species.

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Gray116.png

has broad synonym

manubrium

id

UBERON:0002205

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606