| NOUN | body | sternum, breastbone | the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs |
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| Meaning | The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs. | |
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| Synonym | breastbone | |
| Part of | axial skeleton | The part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs |
| thorax, chest, pectus | The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates | |
| Parts | gladiolus, corpus sternum | The large central part of the breastbone |
| manubrium | The upper part of the breastbone | |
| xiphoid process | smallest of the three parts of the breastbone | |
| Broader | bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
| Spanish | esternón | |
| Catalan | estern, estèrnum | |
| Adjectives | sternal | of or relating to or near the sternum |
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