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Sternopericardial ligaments

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Dorlands /Elsevier
  
l_09/12493152

FMA
  
71429

TA
  
A12.1.08.003

Sternopericardial ligaments

Latin
  
ligamenta sternopericardiaca

The fibrous pericardium is attached to the posterior surface of the sternum by the superior and inferior sternopericardiac ligaments (sternopericardial ligaments); the upper passing to the manubrium, and the lower to the xiphoid process.

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Sternopericardial ligaments Wikipedia