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MeSH Heading: Xiphoid Bone
Tree Number(s): A02.835.232.570.750.825
Unique ID: D014989
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014989
Scope Note: The smallest and most inferior triangular protrusion of the STERNUM or breastbone that extends into the center of the RIBCAGE.
Entry Term(s): Xiphoid Process
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under STERNUM 1975-90
Online Note: search STERNUM 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under STERNUM 1975-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Xiphoid Bone MeSH Descriptor Data 2024