sternum

IPA: stˈɝnʌm

noun

  • (anatomy) The breastbone, consisting of the manubrium, gladiolus, and xiphoid process.
  • (arachnology) The sclerotized ventral plate of spiders, between the coxae, marking the floor of the cephalothorax.
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Examples of "sternum" in Sentences

  • The difficult one is the sternum.
  • It's not the sternum that is sore.
  • The coxae surround a single sternum.
  • Mouthparts, sternum and venter brown.
  • Separation of the sternum is necessary.
  • Fractures of the sternum are rather uncommon.
  • The breastbone is the common name for the sternum.
  • No, you have to go through the sternum. The sternum.
  • The inner organs are protected by the rib cage and the sternum.
  • On another line of thought the sternum is a ventral vertebral column.
  • The quarterback had suffered both a concussion and cracked sternum on the play.
  • The sternum is the breastbone, and the keel is where wing muscles normally attach.
  • In the Trumpeter this enters a protuberance that stands out on the dorsal aspect of the sternum, which is wanting in both the other kinds.
  • Others may have weighed whether to wear a polo, V-neck, scoop neck or button-down if lanyard chafing around the neck or on the sternum is a concern.
  • On the exterior of the sternum was a laceration an inch and a half in length, covered by a spumy fluid, from the centre of which was heard a gurgling noise, showing that a wound had penetrated into the sac of the pleura.
  • —The first rib differs from the others of this group in that its attachment to the sternum is a rigid one; this is counterbalanced to some extent by the fact that its head possesses no interarticular ligament, and is therefore more movable.
  • Admittedly, the sternum is a tough one, but if you can break a cinderblock with the heel of your hand, you can probably crack somebody's sternum, and if This Person were really so knowledgable about assassins and fighting, s/he would know that.
  • This species is at once known from Chelodina longicollis by the form of its high, flat sternum, which is strongly keeled on the sides, and by this part being of a uniform reddish colour, without any dark margin to the plates; the hinder part of the sternum is only slightly concavely truncated, and not deeply notched.

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