| Description | Two Male-Sternal Bones |
| Author | Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology |
| Copyright | Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine |
32- Is showing 2 male-sternal bones; as the length of the body, in each of them, is more than twice the length of the manubrium. In the first sternum, the body did not unite with the manubrium yet, denoting that the age is below 60 years; while the xiphoid process united with the body, so the age is above 40 years.
In the second sternum the xiphoid process united with the body, (i.e. above 40 years) and the body united with the manubrium, so the age is above 60 years.
N.B. There is a fracture in the body of the second sternum, which may be mistaken as a non-united manubro-sternal junction.