xiphoid process中文什么意思

脊柱末端的剑状凸起

剑突

鸠尾

• xiphoid:    n. 【解剖学】剑突。 adj. 【 ...
• process:    vi. 〔口语〕排队走，列队行进 〔 ...
• fracture of xiphoid process:    蔽心骨伤

英文释义

名词

1. smallest of the three parts of the breastbone; articulates with the corpus sternum and the seventh rib

百科释义

The xiphoid process , or xiphisternum or metasternum, is a small cartilaginous process (extension) of the lower part of the sternum which is usually ossified in the adult human. By age 15 to 29, the xiphoid usually fuses to the body of the sternum with a fibrous joint.