RELATIVE VOLUME OF MORPHOLOGICAL COMPONENTS MAKING UP THE MANUBRIUM OF STERNUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

Abstract

Purpose: identification of relative volume of morphological components constituting the manubrium of sternum in early childhood.Materials and methods: we used stereo morphometry to analyze the histologic specimens from the manubrium of sternum of five infant patients after esophagoplasty.Results: the study revealed histotopographic peculiarities in the structure of the front and back areas of the manubrium of sternum.Summary: relative volume of the presternal morphological components in the infants was distributed as follows: 35±2,7% of hyaline cartilage, 28±2,6% coarse-fibered bone tissue, foci of red bone marrow - 16±1,1%, and microcirculatory blood vessels - 11±0,9%.

Keywords

• morphometry
• manubrium of sternum
• infants