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esternón

File:Sternum_composition.png · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

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Also known as breastbone

hueso plano en la parte frontal media de la caja torácica

AI overview

The sternum, or breastbone, is a long flat bone in the center of your chest that connects to your ribs and forms the front of your rib cage. It plays a crucial protective role by shielding your heart, lungs, and major blood vessels from injury.

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Key facts

Bone.Name
Sternum
Bone.Latin
sternum
Bone.Image
Sternum composition.png
Bone.Caption
Parts of the sternum: manubrium (green), body (blue), xiphoid process (purple)
Bone.Image2
Sternum front.png
Bone.Caption2
Position of the sternum (red)

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Wikidata facts

Image
Sternum animation2.gif
Connects with
rib
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Commons category
Sternum
Commons gallery
Sternum
found in taxon
Vertebrata
NCI Thesaurus ID
C12793
different from
human sternum
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Article · Español

El hueso esternón ([TA]: Sternum) o quilla en algunos animales es un hueso del tórax, plano, impar, central y simétrico (por lo general), compuesto por varias piezas soldadas (esternebras). El esternón ayuda a proteger al corazón y el borde anterior de los pulmones.

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