See Also: Forced expiratory volume(health)
forced expiratory volume(medicine)
forced expiratory flow(medicine)
forced expiratory time(medicine)
forced expiratory flow rates(medicine)
expiratory reserve volume(medicine)
maximal expiratory flow-volume curve(medicine)
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Expiratory(medicine)
expiratory stridor(medicine)

os suprasternale (medicine) and Forced expiratory volume (health)


os suprasternale (medicine)


os suprasternale


One of the small ossicles occasionally found in the ligaments of the sternoclavicular articulation.

Synonym: Breschet's bones, episternal bone, suprasternal bone.


Forced expiratory volume (health)


The volume of air that can be forced out taking a deep breath, an important measure of pulmonary function. The forced expiratory volume in the first second is the FEV1.