suprasternal notch
1Suprasternal notch — Infobox Bone Name = Suprasternal notch Latin = fossa jugularis sterni GraySubject = 27 GrayPage = 120 Caption = Suprasternal notch Caption2 = Anterolateral view of head and neck. (Jugular notch labeled at bottom center.) System = Precursor =… …
2Suprasternal notch — The V shaped notch at the top of the breastbone (sternum). * * * suprasternal notch n the depression in the top of the sternum between its articulations with the two clavicles called also jugular notch * * * incisura jugularis sterni …
3suprasternal notch — noun The conspicuous dip visible at the top of the human chest where the neck joins the sternum …
4suprasternal notch — noun : a depression of the external surface of the neck above the sternum and between the lower ends of the sternocleidomastoid muscles …
5suprasternal pulsation — arterial pulsation in the region of the suprasternal notch, due to dilatation and/or elongation of the aortic arch or to aneurysm …
6notch — 1. An indentation at the edge of any structure. 2. Any short, narrow, V shaped deviation, whether positive or negative, in a linear tracing. SYN: incisura [TA], emargination, incisure …
7suprasternal plane — a horizontal plane transecting the trunk at the level of the jugular notch …
8jugular notch — näch n 1) SUPRASTERNAL NOTCH 2 a) a notch in the inferior border of the occipital bone behind the jugular process that forms the posterior part of the jugular foramen b) a notch in the petrous portion of the temporal bone that corresponds to the… …
9SN-N — suprasternal notch to nipple distance [sternal notch disease] …
10SN-N — • suprasternal notch to nipple distance [sternal notch disease] …
