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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Â© World Encyclopedia 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

sternum (breastbone) Flat, narrow bone extending from the base of the front of the neck to just below the diaphragm in the centre of the chest. The top attaches by ligaments to the collarbones and the centre part joins to the ribs by seven pairs of costal cartilages.

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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

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1. In tetrapods, the bone at the mid-ventral line of the thorax to which most of the ribs are attached at their ventral ends. The sternum is attached anteriorly to the pectoral girdle.

2. In Arthropoda, a ventral cuticle on each segment that forms a thickened plate. See STERNITE.

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sternum (anat.) breast-bone. XVII (earlier †sternon). — Gr. stérnon chest, breast.

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