Definitionn. the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
Last update: October 3, 2015
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In many birds the spaces between the metasternum and the posterior processes and again the spaces between this and the oblique process are filled up by proceeding ossification and either remain as notches, or as fenestrae, or they are completely abolished so that the breastbone is turned into one solid more or less oblong plate. [Please select]
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For answer Tom Rochford pressed his hand to his breastbone and hiccupped. [Please select]
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TOM ROCHFORD: (A hand to his breastbone, bows) Reuben J. [Please select]
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He places a hand lightly on his breastbone, bows, and fondles his flower and buttons. [Please select]
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_Sternum_, the "breastbone," extending along the median ventral line. [Please select]
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Funny, wasn't it, Buck, about the doctor only bein' able to cut one bullet out of you--that one in your breastbone.' [Please select]
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Luckily the blow was a hurried one, and the dagger glanced on is breastbone, so that, although he received a severe wound, his youth and strength quickly got the better of it. [Please select]
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