manubrium

[ muh-noo-bree-uhm, -nyoo- ]

noun

, plural ma·nu·bri·a [m, uh, -, noo, -bree-, uh, -, nyoo, -], ma·nu·bri·ums.

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. Compare gladiolus ( def 2 ), xiphisternum.
   2. the long process of the malleus.

manubrium

/ 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

Derived Forms

• maˈnubrial, adjective

Other Words From

• ma·nubri·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of manubrium¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of manubrium¹

C17: from New Latin, from Latin: handle, from 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 in both has a manubrium, or thick keel mass, prolonged in front of its articular facets for the coracoid bones, which are well separated from each other.

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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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The plane formed by the lamina in Eutamias makes an angle of approximately 90 degrees with the plane formed by the manubrium; in Tamias the two planes make an angle of approximately 60 degrees.

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