This is a study book for people learning osteology or anatomy. It features all the bones of the post-cranial skeleton, improving on some previous books with more detailed images of the bones of the feet. Each bone has their common features labelle...
The Sternum, often called the breast bone, has three parts: the manubrium, the corpus sterni/body, and the xiphoid process. The Sternum may have a smooth edged circular or ovoid hole in it that can be confused with injury, this is a sternal foramen and is part of normal human variation. The xiphoid porcess can be large, small, and even bifurcated. It is cartilaginous in youth and begin to ossify in adulthood, turning to bone in old age and will often fuse with the body. In aged people or people who have sustained injuries near or on the thorax the sternum may fuse with the ribs. The ribs articulate with the Sternum at the costal notches.
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