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Definition of Sternum
1. Noun. The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs.
Generic synonyms: Bone, Os
Terms within: Corpus Sternum, Gladiolus, Manubrium, Xiphoid Process
Group relationships: Chest, Pectus, Thorax, Axial Skeleton
Derivative terms: Sternal
Definition of Sternum
1. 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.
Definition of Sternum
1. Noun. The breastbone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sternum
1. a long, flat supporting bone of most vertebrates [n -NA or -NUMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternum
Literary usage of Sternum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It is formed by the sternum and costal cartilages. ... The sternum is shorter.
• 3. The upper margin of the sternum is on a level with the lower part of the ..."
2. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"The sternum consists of three portions, a cranial piece or ... To the sternum
are united the ventral ends of the first nine ribs. ..."
3. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The sclerites of a sternum.—In the more generalized insects the sternum of a ...
In the more specialized insects only one of these, the sternum, ..."
4. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1879)
"By Professor TURNER, MB, FRS THE excellent account by Drs Gibson and Malet of
the very interesting case of cleft sternum, observed by them in a living man, ..."
5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"Feet each with five toes, the posterior ones with four nails only ; carapace of
a single piece; sternum moveable anteriorly. ..."
6. A Treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints by Astley Cooper, Bransby Blake Cooper (1851)
"SECTION I.—ANATOMY OF THE ARTICULATION OF THE CLAVICLE WITH THE sternum. As the
clavicle is the only medium by which the arm is connected with the trunk, ..."
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