On another line of thought the sternum is a ventral vertebral column. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
In fact, the sternum was a gigantic plate (or two gigantic plates), similar to that of birds. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The injuries to his right hip and calf are not as serious as the one to his sternum, which is still causing him breathing problems. From Wordnik.com. [Cyclingnews News Headlines] Reference
I am satisfied with it even though I´m struggling a little through the direction changes, which is where my sternum is a problem too. From Wordnik.com. [PaddockTalk Racing News] Reference
In the Trumpeter this enters a protuberance that stands out on the dorsal aspect of the sternum, which is wanting in both the other kinds. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire] Reference
The sternum is shorter. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 4. The Thorax] Reference
Then they have a sternum which is located on the bottom of the cephalothorax, which is the flat structure that is surrounded by the legs. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Then they have a sternum which is located on the bottum of the cephalothorax, which is the flat structure that is surrounded by the leggs. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
R, fourth (or outermost) toe; S S sternum, or breast bone. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
In Plate 4, the top of the sternum, 6; the clavicle, 7; the. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
He placed a hand directly over his sternum and sighed again. From Wordnik.com. [Supermind] Reference
The chin is now almost immoveably bent down upon the sternum. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on the Shaking Palsy] Reference
I suggest you unpack it somewhere to the left of your sternum. From Wordnik.com. [ArtScene: This Week's Top Exhibitions in the Western U.S. (August 17-21, 2010)] Reference
Gouan (1720) had seen in this bone the homologue of the sternum. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
Thin partition dividing two cavities or soft masses of tissue. sternum. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
A segment of sternum is included as the "hæmal spine" of the vertebra. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
But the excessive reduction in the sternum is far from being inexplicable. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin] Reference
He had on a Cubs hat, hair flipped out under it, and a scar on his sternum. From Wordnik.com. [Meridian (excerpt)] Reference
In the stall, I braced the bottom of the bottle against my sternum. From Wordnik.com. [The Body of a Cow] Reference
Instead, the fork went through his sternum, broke his rib and pierced his heart. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Incarnations and One Thousand Deaths - Part II] Reference
Robert laid on her with all his weight, his sternum pressed against the body of the cow. From Wordnik.com. [Meridian (excerpt)] Reference
This difference is caused by the oblique descent of the ribs from the spine to the sternum. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
He shows the sternum to consist, in the adult, of three parts and the sacrum of five or six. From Wordnik.com. [Fathers of Biology] Reference
The history of Gilbert's knee is one of gradual tragedy, not an immediate axe to the sternum. From Wordnik.com. [Strasburg, Theismann and D.C. sports injuries] Reference
Geoffroy adopts this view, but considers that this bone alone cannot represent the whole sternum. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
If the heart be injected from the abdominal aorta, the aortal arch will flatten against the sternum. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
He was as amused as he was stunned until he sensed the pressure at his sternum. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Alliance] Reference
The shortening of the sternum in pigeons is attributed to disuse of the flight muscles attached to it. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin] Reference
Flower pieces cover the essentials, and ti leaves on her thighs and sternum act as a sushi-skin barrier. From Wordnik.com. [Entertaining: Sushi With A Smile] Reference
Give 30 chest compressions, pressing quite hard and fast on the lower part of the breast-bone (the sternum). From Wordnik.com. [Emergency life support–what every parent should know] Reference
Either of two slender bones extending from the upper part of the sternum (breastbone) to the shoulder. coaptation. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Between the dorsal vertebral and the sternum, the line of median cleavage is maintained and sketched out in membrane. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
They are slightly askew and off-center, just right of the sternum, as if the German who injected them was in a big hurry. From Wordnik.com. [Bad Company] Reference
The perpendicular depth of the thorax, measured anteriorly, ranges from A, the top of the sternum, to F, the xyphoid cartilage. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
In general, the length of the osseous sternum gives the exact perpendicular range of the heart, together with its great vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
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