ensiform

• “(Mauser), through the seventh left costal cartilage, 1 inch from the base of the ensiform cartilage; _exit_, below the twelfth rib 2 inches to the right of the lumbar spines.”

  Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre

• “Complete motor and sensory paralysis below ensiform cartilage, with well-marked hyperæsthetic zone around trunk.”

  Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre

• “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.”

  Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre

• “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.”

  Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre

• “_Entry_ (Mauser), in the tenth right interspace 2 inches to the right of the dorsal spines; _exit_, through the gladiolus, immediately to the right of the median line, and just above the junction with the ensiform cartilage.”

  Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre

• “-- _Entry_ (Mauser), 1 inch below and to the left of the ensiform cartilage; _exit_, in the sixth right intercostal space, just behind the posterior axillary line.”

  Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre

• “Tracing it upwards, I found it to be constituted by a prolongation of the _ensiform cartilage of the sternum_, or extremity of the breast-bone.”

  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 401, November 28, 1829

• “Anceps: two-edged; similar to ensiform, q.v. Ancestral: primitive; inherited from an earlier form or ancestor.”

  Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology

• “Place the finger-tips about two inches below the ensiform cartilage and perform the shaking backward and upward.”

  Massage and the Original Swedish Movements

• “Xiphoid Process (processus xiphoideus; ensiform or xiphoid appendix).”

  II. Osteology. 4a. The Sternum

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