Sternum
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The sternum or breastbone, in vertebrate anatomy, is a flat bone. In amphibians and reptiles it is normally shaped like a shield, often made of cartilage. It is absent in both turtles and snakes. In birds it is larger, and has large flight muscles attached to it.[1] Only in mammals does the sternum take on the longer form seen in humans.
Sternum Media
Manubrium.
3D illustration of the Xiphoid process.
Figure 4 Ossification
Zeichnung der Sternumsegmente mit Angabe der typischen Zeitpunkte der Verschmelzung. (Gray: Anatomy of the Human Body)
Figure 6 Peculiarities
- Gray
Manubrium sternal dislocation
An anatomical illustration from the 1909 edition of Sobotta's Human anatomy with English terminology
Sternum Anatomy, by Jason Christian.
References
- ↑ Romer, Alfred Sherwood; Parsons, Thomas S. (1977). The Vertebrate Body. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 188. ISBN 0-03-910284-X.