The abdomen in its largest circumference measured 68 inches, and 27 inches from the ensiformcartilage to the umbilicus.
About one inch of the harpoon was seen protruding from below the tip of the ensiform cartilage; the harpoon was seven inches long.
An incision was made from the ensiform cartilage to the umbilicus, the aneurysm exposed, and its cavity filled up with two meters of silver-plated wire.
Portions of the lung, cartilages, ribs, and of the ensiform process of the sternum came away.
They were healthy girls, four years of age, and apparently perfect in every respect, except that, from the ensiform cartilage to the umbilicus, they were united by a band 4 inches long and 2 inches wide.
At the lower part of the sternum, where the seventh or last true ribs join it, the ensiform cartilage begins, and over this there is often a depression popularly known as the pit of the stomach.
In the mid-line a slight furrow extends from the ensiform cartilage above to the symphysis pubis below; this marks the linea alba in the abdominal wall, and about its middle point is the umbilicus or navel.
Defn: The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum.
Defn: An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.
The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum.
A solid, hard mass was found running across the upper part of the bowels, a nodule of which was lying on the stomach at the point of the ensiform cartilage.
The situation of the localized pain is usually at or a little below the ensiform cartilage.
The pain in the acute variety is of a violent, spasmodic character, and is referred to the epigastrium immediately beneath the ensiform cartilage.
The point of maximum intensity is near the ensiform cartilage, outward and downward two or three inches, about the point of junction of the cystic and common duct.
Gastralgia is more frequent than enteralgia, and the pain is located about the ensiform cartilage.
The manubrium is thickened and drawn inward, the ensiform process protuberant, the sternum often swelled and painful to the touch.
Aperture of entry ragged, roughly circular, and 2 inches in diameter, with much-contused margins situated in the median line, nearly midway between the ensiform cartilage and umbilicus.
Complete motor and sensory paralysis below ensiform cartilage, with well-marked hyperæsthetic zone around trunk.
Evidence of mediastinal hæmorrhage existed in the presence of subcutaneous discoloration of the abdominal wall, below the ensiform cartilage and extending slightly over the costal margin of the thorax.
Also on either side of the ensiform cartilage and especially on the left side there occurs an area of the diaphragm which may be congenitally weak or even absent, and here too rupture and hernia are likely to occur.
A small incision is now made through the peritoneum below the ensiform cartilage.
The lower end is called the ensiform process, to which the diaphragm has its anterior attachment.
It is attached in front to the ensiform process of the sternum, on the sides to the inner surface of the cartilages and bony portions of six or seven inferior ribs, and behind it is attached to the lumbar vertebrae.
On the anterior surface of the body its position would be indicated by a point one inch below the tip of the ensiform process and a little to the right.
Make an incision in the median line of the body, three inches long, from the tip of the ensiform cartilage downward toward the umbilicus, and proceed as directed for the direct incision described on page 257.
Insert the trocar at a point two inches to the left of the median line, half the distance from the ensiform cartilage and the umbilicus.
Start the cut about one inch below the ensiform process of the sternum and cut toward the navel.
In a man the tenth dorsal appears rather less readily while the ensiform appears with great ease.
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