The long flat bone in the upper middle of the front of the chest. The sternum articulates (comes together) with the cartilages of the first seven ribs and with the clavicle (collarbone) on either side. The sternum consists of three parts: the manubrium (the upper segment of the sternum, a flattened, roughly triangular bone), the corpus (body) of th [..]

The long flat bone that forms the center front of the chest wall. The sternum is attached to the collarbone and the first seven ribs. Also called breastbone.

The word for the bone at the front of the rib cage; may also be referred to as the breast bone.

The breastbone (the long, flat bone that forms the front of the chest cage).

"breastbone," 1660s, from Greek sternon "chest, breast, breastbone" (in Homer, only of males), also "the breast as the seat of affections," related to stornynai "to [..]

Breastbone

The sternum (or breastbone) is an elongated, flattened bony plate, forming the middle portion of the thorax (chest).  It connects the rib bones via cartilage.

The breast bone; further divided into three segments. manubrium: upper portion, proximal end; sternum: main portion; xiphoid: the dagger-like tip of the sternum, distal end.

Ventral plate of an arthropod body segment; breastbone of vertebrates. steroid

The breastbone, The bone that connected the ribs on the right and left sides together.

, pl. sterna: ventral sclerite of metasoma. stylopized

the hard plate covering the bottom side of the cephalothorax; breastplate; the chest armor.

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

Long, flat bone situated along the frontal midline of the chest, joining with the ribs on each side and with the collarbone above.

The breast bone

the breast bone.

The sternum is the long flat bone located at the front of chest providing a point of attachment for the cartilage of the rib bones.

Breastbone.

hardened plate forming the ventral surface of the cephalothorax

A row of eight bones that form the floor of the chest.

Breastbone.

See "Post Sternum"

the entire ventral division of any body segment. Specifically and in general usage, the sternum is the underside of the insect thorax, between the coxal cavities.

the large bone underlying the breast

The long flat bone that forms the center front of the chest wall. The sternum is attached to the collarbone and the first seven ribs. Also called breastbone.

The ventral aspect of the thorax or abdomen.

The breastbone.

the breastbone.