xiphoid process

small cartilaginous process (extension) of the lower part of the sternum which is usually ossified in the adult human
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q16359
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xiphoid process

Summary

xiphoid process is a class of anatomical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of class_of_anatomical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (595 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • xiphoid process's image is recorded as Xiphoid process animation.gif[3].
  • xiphoid process's image is recorded as Xiphoid process - close-up - animation.gif[4].
  • xiphoid process's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[5].
  • xiphoid process's subclass of is recorded as process[6].
  • xiphoid process's subclass of is recorded as process of organ[7].
  • xiphoid process's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[8].
  • xiphoid process's part of is recorded as sternum[9].
  • xiphoid process's Commons category is recorded as Xiphoid processes[10].
  • xiphoid process's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D014989[11].
  • xiphoid process's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hq_y[12].
  • xiphoid process's MeSH tree code is recorded as A02.835.232.570.750.825[13].
  • xiphoid process's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A02.3.03.007[14].
  • xiphoid process's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[15].
  • xiphoid process's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 7488[16].
  • xiphoid process's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/xiphisternum[17].
  • xiphoid process's UBERON ID is recorded as 0002207[18].
  • xiphoid process's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C33895[19].
  • xiphoid process's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0043356[20].
  • xiphoid process's TA98 Latin term is recorded as processus xiphoideus[21].
  • xiphoid process's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 031926[22].
  • xiphoid process's 3D model is recorded as BodyParts3D FJ6272 Xiphoid process.stl[23].
  • xiphoid process's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i64717[24].
  • xiphoid process's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776190367[25].
  • xiphoid process's TA2 ID is recorded as 1135[26].
  • xiphoid process's ICD-11 ID is recorded as XA2RB7[27].

Why It Matters

xiphoid process ranks in the top 8% of class_of_anatomical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (595 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . ncithesaurus.nci.nih.gov. ncithesaurus.nci.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . unifr.ch. unifr.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Anatomography. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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