Home > Skeletal System > Bones of the Chest and Upper Back > Xiphoid Process of Sternum. The xiphoid process is the smallest and most inferior region of the sternum, or breastbone. At birth, it is a thin, roughly triangular region of cartilage that slowly ossifies into a bone and fuses with the body of the sternum.
Some of the most prevalent diseases known to cause deafness include meningitis, Meniere'mÃ©niÃ¨re S, Disease Alport, syndrome, rubella and. Mumps there are two main causes of, deafness these are congenital and. acquired
Deafness and Infertility Syndrome (DIS): an under-diagnosed cause of hearing loss? U. Aypar 1, N. Hoppman-Chaney 1, D. Babovic-Vuksanovic 2 1) Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 2) Department of Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.