Xiphisternal joint

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| Name = Xiphisternal joint

| Latin = symphysis xiphosternalis

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| Caption = Posterior surface of sternum.

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The xiphisternal joint (or xiphisternal symphysis) is a location near the bottom of the sternum, where the body of the sternum and the xiphoid process meet. It is structurally classified as a synchondrosis, and functionally classified as a synarthrosis.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} The joint usually ossifies by the fourth decade of life,{{Cite book |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/C20090428010 |title=Clinical Anatomy of the Spine, Spinal Cord, and Ans |date=2014 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-323-07954-9 |pages=226 |language=en |doi=10.1016/c2009-0-42801-0}} forming a synostosis.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

It is {{Clarification needed|reason=On the same level as?|date=June 2023|text=in line with}} the T9 vertebra.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}