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sternum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | breastbone |
| Type of | os, bone |
| Derivation | sternal |
Examples of sternum
sternum
The play was erased on a penalty and, worse, Smalley suffered a bruised sternum.
From the inrich.com
The joint between his collarbone and sternum was still giving him pain yesterday.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
An SC sprain is an injury to the joint connecting the sternum and the collarbone.
From the bostonherald.com
The placket should open exactly halfway between the neck and the sternum, he said.
From the nytimes.com
An unsettled feeling took hold in my chest, squeezing my sternum from beneath.
From the npr.org
When they fused the sternum back together, the contagion was entombed inside.
From the thenewstribune.com
He has broken his leg three times, his collar bone twice and torn his sternum once.
From the charlotteobserver.com
I bruised my sternum on the second play of last week's game against Fort Dorchester.
From the thestate.com
A full solo electric outing would be a memorably sternum-shaking experience.
From the washingtonpost.com
- The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
- (sternal) of or relating to or near the sternum
- The sternum or breastbone is a long flat bone shaped like a necktie located in the center of the chest. It connects to the ribs via cartilage, forming the front of the rib cage, and thus helps to protect the heart, lungs,and major blood vessels from injury. The sternum consists of three regions: the manubrium, the body, and the xiphoid process.
- The sternum (pl. "sterna") is the ventral portion of a segment of an arthropod thorax or abdomen.
- The breastbone
- The posterior (and larger) of the two major structures that cover the ventral side of the cephalothorax (the other, smaller, structure is the labium).
- A ventral sclerite of the insect thorax or abdomen.
- Originally from the Greek for a word meaning breast or breastplate and which also gave us "stethoscope". But the root goes back further to one meaning stretch and futher back meaning spread out (and gave use "structure" and quite a lot of other related words).
- The breastbone. A ventral structure of bone and cartilage with which the pectoral girdle or ribs or both articulate.
