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[dforest]

Better lookin’ than Helen Thomas.

[Scythian]

Ha, and the life expectancy myth continues to crumble, cool stuff though.

[bigheadfred]

Now I know!

the distance between the chin and the pit of the stomach

WTH is the "pit of the stomach" on a SKELETON?

The body of the sternum, about twice as long as the manubrium, is notched on each side to receive costal cartilages 2 to 7. Transverse ridges may indicate its development from several pieces. The xiphosternal joint (i.e., the union of the body of the sternum with the xiphoid process) is usually fibrocartilaginous, but it too may become ossified. It is at the apex of the infrasternal angle and is usually at the level of thoracic vertebra 10 or 11.

The xiphoid process is a small and variable piece of hyaline cartilage that contains a bony core. It lies in the epigastric fossa, or "pit of the stomach."

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