See Also: manubriosternal symphysis(medicine)
manubriosternal joint(medicine)
manubriosternal junction(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
symphysis(medicine)
symphysis(dictionary)
pubic symphysis(medicine)
eminentia symphysis(medicine)
symphysis sacrococcygea(medicine)
intervertebral symphysis(medicine)

manubriosternal symphysis (medicine)


manubriosternal symphysis


The later union, by fibrocartilage, of the manubrium and the body of the sternum; it begins as a synchondrosis and becomes a symphysis, occasionally fusing to become a synostosis.

Synonym: symphysis manubriosternalis, sternomanubrial junction.