manubrium of sternum
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ma·nu·bri·um of ster·num
[TA]the upper segment of the sternum, a flattened, roughly triangular bone, occasionally fused with the body of the sternum, forming with it a slight angle, the sternal angle.
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ma·nu·bri·um of ster·num
, manubrium sterni (mă-nū'brē-ŭm stĕr'nŭm, stĕrnī) [TA]The upper segment of the sternum, a flattened, roughly triangular bone, occasionally fused with the body of the sternum, forming with it a slight angle, the sternal angle.
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