Sternum

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.

Compare sternum with other words:

sternum vs. tergum

infrasternal vs. sternum

latisternal vs. sternum

asternal vs. sternum

pleuron vs. sternum

episternum vs. sternum

sternomastoid vs. sternum

mesosternum vs. sternum

sternum vs. xiphisternum

sternocostal vs. sternum

collarbone vs. sternum

sternum vs. thorax

scrotum vs. sternum

manubrium vs. sternum

coracoid vs. sternum

gladiolus vs. sternum

sternum vs. suprasternal

sternal vs. sternum

breastbone vs. sternum

rib vs. sternum

bone vs. sternum