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Midsternal line

Midsternal line
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Thoracic cage
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Surface lines of the front of the thorax and abdomen. (Midsternal line not labeled, but is visible at center, running vertically.)
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Anatomical terminology
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On the front of the thorax, one of the most important vertical lines is the midsternal line, the middle line of the sternum.

It can be interpreted as a component of the median plane.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)




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