Sternum
A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone.
The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.
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Sternum Translations
sternum in German is Brustbein
sternum in Hungarian is szegycsont, mellcsont
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