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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Vet Pathol. 2014 Oct 3;52(5):967–976. doi: 10.1177/0300985814552108

Figures 5. Sternal segment dislocation with displacement; 16-week-old affected mouse.

Figures 5

Figure 5a. Sternal segment dislocation at the fourth intersternebral joint (arrow) with displacement of the fourth and the fifth sternebrae into the thoracic cavity. S4, fourth sternebra; S5, fifth sternebrae; XS, xiphisternum; C, caudal; D, dorsal; R, rostral; V, ventral. HE. Figure 5b. Higher magnification of S4-S5 articulation in Figure 5a. Intrathoracic (dorsal) displacement of the fourth and fifth sternebrae (arrow) and an extrathoracic callus (*) are evident. Figure 5c. Thoracic X-ray from the same mouse in Figures 5a and Fig. 5b; dislocation at the fourth intersternebral joint with dorsal displacement of the sternebrae into the thoracic cavity (arrow) and a concomitant ventral protrusion of the xiphisternum (arrow head).