Meaning | The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs. |
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Synonym | sternum |
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Part of | axial skeleton | The part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs |
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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 |
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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 |
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Spanish | esternón |
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Catalan | estern, estèrnum |
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