Screenwriter Samson Raphaelson invented the term "ucipital mapilary" to describe the suprasternal notch for Suspicion (1941), directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

[1] The suprasternal notch is a visible dip in between the neck, between the clavicles, and above the manubrium of the sternum.

[3] Intrathoracic pressure is measured by using a transducer held in such a way over the body that an actuator engages the soft tissue that is located above the suprasternal notch.

Arcot J. Chandrasekhar, MD of Loyola University, Chicago, is the author of an evaluative test for the aorta using the suprasternal notch.

A prominent pulse may be indicative of an uncoiled aorta, an arch aneurysm, or a tortuous blood vessel.