The suprasternal notch also known as the jugular notch, is a small depression at the top of the sternum. Learn more in Anatomy Lesson #12 – Claire’s Neck or The Ivory Tower and Anatomy Lesson #15 – Crouching Grants – Hidden Dagger.
And from Outlander book:
I was very conscious of the slow rise and fall of his breast, and the slow beat of the pulse in his neck…. ‘I said,’ he answered, opening his eyes, ‘I thought my heart was going to burst.’
See Jamie’s suprasternal notch when he: “…thought my heart was gonna burst!” in Outlander, Starz, episode 107: The Wedding.
The deeply grateful,
Outlander Anatomist