STERNUM (sterna)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: sterna   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sternum mean? 

• STERNUM (noun)
  The noun STERNUM has 1 sense:

1. the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs

  Familiarity information: STERNUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STERNUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

breastbone; sternum

Hypernyms ("sternum" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "sternum"):

corpus sternum; gladiolus (the large central part of the breastbone)

manubrium (the upper part of the breastbone)

xiphoid process (smallest of the three parts of the breastbone; articulates with the corpus sternum and the seventh rib)

Holonyms ("sternum" is a part of...):

chest; pectus; thorax (the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates)

axial skeleton (the part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs)

Derivation:

sternal (of or relating to or near the sternum)

 Context examples 

Injection of a medicinal product into the bone marrow of the sternum.

(Intrasternal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the lymph nodes of the breast located under the ribcage, near the sternum.

(Internal Mammary Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)

In small animals it corresponds to V2-V3 where it is placed at the 6th left intercostal space near the sternum.

(Lead Site V2, NCI Thesaurus)

A V1-type lead is used whose positive electrode is localized in the 4th intercostal space, 2.5cm from the sternum.

(Lead Placement Pseudo Orthogonal XYZ, NCI Thesaurus)

In small animals, it is placed at the right fifth intercostal space near the sternum.

(Lead Site V1, NCI Thesaurus)

The part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs.

(Axial Skeleton, NCI Thesaurus)

The cartilage positioned between the anterior end of the rib and the sternum.

(Costal Cartilage, NCI Thesaurus)

One of a pair of bones linking the scapula and the sternum.

(Clavicle, NCI Thesaurus)

A unipolar precordial lead placed at the second intercostal space to the left of the sternum.

(Lead Site rV2, NCI Thesaurus)

Bone marrow in the sternum.

(Bone Marrow, Sternum, NCI Thesaurus)