Definitionn. the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
Last update: June 11, 2015
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Our respiratory system is supported by the sternum. [Please select]
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The degree of convexity of the posterior part of the sternum differs much, being sometimes almost perfectly flat. [Please select]
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The result has been in each case nearly the same, the sternum being invariably found to be shorter than in the wild rock-pigeon. [Please select]
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Osteology The following description of the skull, hyoid, sternum, and prepollex is based on a male specimen of _P. [Please select]
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The size and shape of the perforations in the sternum, and the size and divergence of the arms of the furculum, differ. [Please select]
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Depth of Crest relatively to the length of the Sternum, in comparison with Gallus bankiva. [Please select]
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But the degree of reduction varies much, partly in consequence of the frequently deformed state of the sternum. [Please select]
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The prominence of the crest of the sternum, relatively to its length, is also much reduced in all the domestic breeds. [Please select]
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_Coracoid_, a heavy bone extending from the sternum sidewise to support the arm. [Please select]
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#Sternum#, a bone extending along the lower middle line of the chest region. [Please select]
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The head and thorax were clean; but on a portion of the sternum were innumerable very minute, linear, slightly curved bodies, showing the well-known oscillatory or swarming motion. [Please select]
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