sternum

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{n} the breast bone
The breast bone; further divided into three segments manubrium: upperportion, proximal end; sternum: main portion; xiphoid: the dagger-like tip of the sternum, distal end
breastbone The front of the upper ribs are attached to the sternum
The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod
Your sternum is the long flat bone which goes from your throat to the bottom of your ribs and to which your ribs are attached. = breastbone. sternums sterna a breastbone
Bone in chest separated during open heart surgery
Long bone in the centre line of humans connecting ribs Often called the breastbone
A long, flat bone in the center front of the rib cage, sometimes called the breastbone
Breastbone
The breastbone
The posterior (and larger) of the two major structures that cover the ventral side of the cephalothorax (the other, smaller, structure is the labium)
the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
{i} breastbone, long flat bone connected to the ribs (Anatomy, Zoology)
A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone
sterna
a genus of Sterninae
Turkish - English
(Biyoloji) sternum
sternum ortası
(Tıp) midsternum
sternum

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    ster·num

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    Etymology

    [ 'st&r-n&m ] (noun.) 1667. New Latin, from Greek sternon chest, breastbone; akin to Old High German stirna forehead, Latin sternere to spread out; more at STREW.
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