Sentence example with the word 'xiphoid'

xiphoid

Last update: August 18, 2015


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Then follows the rib-bearing portion and then the processus lateralis posterior; this also is the product of ribs, consequently the right and left processes together are equivalent to the xiphoid process or xiphisternum of the mammals.   [Please select]

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"In the fin whales (_Balaenoptera_) it is transversely oval or trilobate, with a projecting backward xiphoid process" (_Professor Flower_).   [Please select]

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The xiphoid appendix, which is cartilaginous, is attached to the extremity of a long process of the last bone of the sternum.   [Please select]

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In _Bombycilla_ the xiphoid process is more dorsal in position than in other species in the family, and in _Dulus_ an upward curve is very noticeable.   [Please select]

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