manubrium

American  

[muh-noo-bree-uhm, -nyoo-] / məˈnu bri əm, -ˈnyu- /

noun

plural

manubria, manubriums

1. Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.

2. Also called presternum.  Anatomy.

   1. the uppermost of the three portions of the sternum.

   2. the long process of the malleus.

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manubrium British  

/ məˈnjuːbrɪəm /

noun

1. anatomy any handle-shaped part, esp the upper part of the sternum

2. zoology the tubular mouth that hangs down from the centre of a coelenterate medusa such as a jellyfish

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Other Word Forms

• manubrial adjective

Etymology

Origin of manubrium

1650–60; < New Latin, Latin: a handle, akin to manus hand

Example Sentences

In all high pulse pressure cases one will find on careful auscultation over the manubrium, particularly its lower half, breath sounds which vary from bronchial to intensely tubular.

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The lower portion, the manubrium, or handle, gives motion to the upper portion, which from its shape is named the uncus, or hook.

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The sternum is much wider than long, and no specimens give evidence of a manubrium.

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The origin is also from the manubrium and the anterolateral portion of the proximal half of the coracoid and to a slight extent from the sterno-coraco-clavicular membrane adjacent to the manubrium.

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An articular facet begins on the manubrium near the neck and spirals halfway around the head of the malleus.

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