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move or proceed at an angle; "he angled his way into the room"
the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
fish with a hook
severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" (同)strict, exacting
the rear part of a ship (同)after part, quarter, poop, tail
fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole)
a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
of or relating to or near the sternum

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The sternal angle (also known as the angle of Louis or manubriosternal junction), refers to the angle formed by the junction of the manubrium and the body of the sternum.^[1]^[2]

The sternal angle is a palpable clinical landmark in surface anatomy.

Anatomy

The sternal angle, which varies around 162 degrees in males,^[3] marks the approximate level of the 2nd pair of costal cartilages, which attach to the second ribs, and the level of the intervertebral disc between T4 and T5.^[2] In clinical applications, the sternal angle can be palpated at the T4 vertebral level.

The sternal angle is used in the definition of the thoracic plane. This marks the level of a number of other anatomical structures:

Structures at the level of the thoracic plane

The start and end of the aortic arch
The division between the superior and inferior mediastinum
The upper margin of the superior vena cava ^[4]
The crossing of the thoracic duct
The bifurcation of the trachea ^[5]
The bifurcation of the pulmonary trunk
The level of the sternal angle
The level of Rib 2 where it attaches to the sternum via the 2nd costal cartilage
The body of vertebrae T4
The drainage of the azygos vein into the superior vena cava

The angle also marks a number of other features:

Passage of the thoracic duct from right to left behind esophagus
Ligamentum arteriosum
Loop of left recurrent laryngeal nerve around aortic arch

The angle is in the form of a secondary cartilaginous joint (symphysis).

History

The sternal angle is also called the angle of Louis after Antoine Louis

References

^ Dalley, Arthur F.; Moore, Keith L. Clinically Oriented Anatomy. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-7817-5936-6.
^ ^a ^b Wilson, Herbert H. Srebnik ; illustrations by Genevieve M. (2002). Concepts in anatomy. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 70. ISBN 0792375394.
^ Gray's Anatomy 40th edition. Chapter 54: Chest wall and breast: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier. 2008. p. 922. ISBN 978-0-8089-2371-8.
^ RADIOGRAPHIC LANDMARKS OF THE UPPER MARGIN OF THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA (SVC) IN CHILDREN. - Arai et al. 49 (Supplement 1): 32 - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
^ UAMS Department of Anatomy - Viscera of the Thorax

External links

Anatomy photo:18:st-0212 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Thoracic Wall: Bones"

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「胸骨角」

Sternal angle
	Lateral border of sternum.
	Anterior surface of sternum and costal cartilages. (Sternal angle not labeled, but visible at second costal cartilage.)
Details
Latin	angulus sterni, angulus sternalis
Identifiers
Gray's	p.121
Dorlands; /Elsevier	a_42/12136357
TA	A02.3.03.005
FMA	7547
	Anatomical terminology