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 Translation for 'sternum' from English to Romanian
NOUN   sternum | sterna / sternums
SYNO breastbone | sternum
anat.
stern {n} [Sternum]
sternum
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Translation for 'sternum' from English to Romanian

sternum
stern {n} [Sternum]anat.
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Usage Examples English
  • It can present with chest pain behind the sternum.
  • Chest wall deformities such as pectus excavatum can cause the sternum to invert, thus increasing the index.
  • A relationship with "Sinornis" and "Cathayornis" has been suggested mainly based on a peculiarly autapomorphic sternum.
  • The xiphisternal joint (or xiphisternal symphysis) is a location near the bottom of the sternum, where the body of the sternum and the xiphoid process meet.
  • The sternalis is a muscle that runs along the anterior aspect of the body of the sternum.

  • Entry to the body cavity for the Norwood procedure is gained by a vertical incision above the sternum.
  • Median sternotomy is a type of surgical procedure in which a vertical inline incision is made along the sternum, after which the sternum itself is divided using a sternal saw.
  • In adults, internal thoracic artery lies closest to the sternum at the first intercoastal space.
  • Cleavage piercings, also known as chest piercings and sternum piercings—one of the most-admired body piercings—is done on the cleavage area vertically or horizontally.
  • Ribs are described based on their location and connection with the sternum.

  • The more specific term "spatchcocking" refers to a variation on butterflying that also removes the backbone and possibly the sternum, typically from a smaller bird.
  • He is remembered chiefly as the first ornithologist to propose a division of birds into Ratitae (ratites or running birds, with a flat sternum) and Carinatae (carinates or flying birds, with a keeled sternum), which formed part of his classification of birds in "Tentamen Systematis Naturalis Avium", published in Berlin in 1816 (in "Abhandlugen Akad.
  • Sternal foramen (or perforated sternum) is an oval foramen present at lower one-third of the sternum. It is a relatively common anatomical variation found in 2.5% to 13.8% of individuals.
  • Male has shallowly emarginate fifth visible abdominal sternum, and shallowly emeginate pygidium.
  • The true ribs are directly connected to the sternum by the costal cartilage.

  • The hallmark of the condition is a sunken appearance of the sternum.
  • The cartilages of the top five ribs join with the sternum at the sternocostal joints.
  • Once suitable donor organs are present, the surgeon makes an incision starting above and finishing below the sternum, cutting all the way to the bone.
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