Sternal angle
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| Sternal angle | |
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| Lateral border of sternum. | |
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| Anterior surface of sternum and costal cartilages. (Sternal angle not labeled, but visible at second costal cartilage.) | |
| Latin | angulus sterni, angulus sternalis |
| Gray's | subject #27 121 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_42/12136357 |
The sternal angle is the angle formed by the junction of the manubrium and the body of the sternum in the form of a secondary cartilaginous joint (symphysis). This is also called the manubriosternal joint or Angle of Louis. The sternal angle is a palpable clinical landmark. It marks the approximate level of the 2nd pair of costal cartilages and the level of the intervertebral disc between T4 and T5. The Value of this angle is 140 degrees.
[edit] References
- Moore, Keith L. and Arthur F. Dalley. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th ed. (1999). ISBN 0-7817-5936-6
[edit] External links
- SUNY Labs 18:st-0212 - "Thoracic Wall: Bones"
- Dictionary at eMedicine sternal+angle
- Dictionary at eMedicine manubriosternal+joint
