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Xiphisternal joint

Posterior surface of sternum.
Latin	symphysis xiphosternalis

The xiphisternal joint (or xiphisternal synchondrosis) is a location near the bottom of the sternum, where the following two parts of the sternum meet:

It is in line with the T9 vertebrae.

External links

xiphisternal+joint at eMedicine Dictionary

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Bones of torso (TA A02.2,3, GA 2.96-128)

Sternum

Suprasternal notch, Manubrium, Sternal angle, Body of sternum, Xiphisternal joint, Xiphoid process

Rib

specific ribs (1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, true – 1–7, false – 8–12, floating – 11–12) · parts (Angle, Tubercle, Costal groove, Neck, Head)
Superior thoracic aperture · Inferior thoracic aperture · Intercostal space · Thoracic wall/Thoracic cage

Vertebra

General structures	body of vertebra, vertebral arch (pedicle, lamina, vertebral notch), foramina (vertebral, intervertebral), processes (transverse, articular/zygapophysis, spinous), spinal canal

Cervical vertebrae	C1 (anterior arch, posterior arch, lateral mass), C2 (dens), C3, C4, C5, C6, C7 anterior tubercle, posterior tubercle, foramen transversarium

Thoracic vertebrae	T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12 costal facets (superior, inferior, transverse)

Lumbar vertebrae	accessory process, mammillary process, L5

Sacrum	pelvic surface (anterior sacral foramina), dorsal surface (posterior sacral foramina, median sacral crest, medial sacral crest, lateral sacral crest), lateral surface (sacral tuberosity), base, sacral hiatus · presacral space · sacral promontory · sacral canal · ala of sacrum · sacrovertebral angle

Coccyx

Joints and ligaments of torso (TA A03.02-04, GA 3.299)

Vertebral column

Syndesmosis

articulations of vertebral bodies: anterior longitudinal ligament · posterior longitudinal ligament
articulations of vertebral arches: ligamenta flava · supraspinous ligament (nuchal ligament) · interspinal ligament · intertransverse ligament

Synchondrosis

intervertebral disc (annulus fibrosus, nucleus pulposus)

Synovial joint

Atlanto-axial (lat + med)	capsule · atlantoaxial ligaments (anterior, posterior) · cruciform ligament of atlas (transverse ligament of the atlas)

Zygapophysial	no ligaments

Lumbosacral	iliolumbar ligament

Sacrococcygeal	anterior sacrococcygeal ligament · posterior sacrococcygeal ligament

Thorax

Costovertebral	articulation of head of rib: radiate ligament · interarticular ligament costotransverse: Lumbocostal ligament

Sternocostal	interarticular sternocostal ligament · radiate sternocostal ligaments · costoxiphoid ligaments

Interchondral	no ligaments

Costochondral	no ligaments

Pelvis

sacroiliac: anterior sacroiliac ligament · posterior sacroiliac ligament · interosseous sacroiliac ligament

ligaments connecting the sacrum and ischium: sacrotuberous ligament · sacrospinous ligament

pubic symphysis: superior pubic ligament · inferior pubic ligament

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