Sternum

['stɜːnəm] or ['stɝnəm]

Definition

(noun.) the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs.

Typed by Dominic--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. (Anat.) Breastbone.

Typist: Tito

Definition

n. the breast-bone.—adj. Ster′nal.—n. Sternal′gia pain about the breast-bone esp. angina pectoris.—adjs. Sternal′gic; Ster′nebral pertaining to the Ster′nebra or serial segments of which the sternum of a vertebrate is composed.—n. Ster′nite the ventral portion of the somite of an arthropod.—adjs. Sternit′ic; Sternocost′al pertaining to or connected with the sternum and ribs: denoting those ribs and muscles attached to the sternum.

Typist: Melba