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  2. Sternum - Wikipedia

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    The sternum (pl.: sternums or sterna) or breastbone is a long flat bone located in the central part of the chest. It connects to the ribs via cartilage and forms the front of the rib cage , thus helping to protect the heart , lungs , and major blood vessels from injury.

  3. Sternal fracture - Wikipedia

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    A sternal fracture is a fracture of the sternum (the breastbone), located in the center of the chest.The injury, which occurs in 5–8% of people who experience significant blunt chest trauma, may occur in vehicle accidents, when the still-moving chest strikes a steering wheel or dashboard [1] or is injured by a seatbelt.

  4. List of bones of the human skeleton - Wikipedia

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    There are 25 bones in the chest. The chest contains cartilage for the lungs to fill with air. Sternum (1 or 3 bones. It is counted as 1 in this article.) Ribs (24, in 12 pairs) Cervical ribs are extra ribs that occur in some people.

  5. Rib cage - Wikipedia

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    The sternum is a long, flat bone that forms the front of the rib cage. The cartilages of the top seven ribs (the true ribs) join with the sternum at the sternocostal joints. The costal cartilage of the second rib articulates with the sternum at the sternal angle making it easy to locate. [9] The manubrium is the wider, superior portion of the ...

  6. Thorax - Wikipedia

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    The thorax (pl.: thoraces or thoraxes) [1] or chest is a part of the anatomy of mammals and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In insects , crustaceans , and the extinct trilobites , the thorax is one of the three main divisions of the body, each in turn composed of multiple segments.

  7. Flat bone - Wikipedia

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    These bones are expanded into broad, flat plates, [1] as in the cranium , the ilium, ischium, and pubis , sternum and the rib cage. The flat bones are: the occipital, parietal, frontal, nasal, lacrimal, vomer, sternum, ribs, and scapulae. [1] These bones are composed of two thin layers of compact bone enclosing between them a variable quantity ...

  8. Human skeleton - Wikipedia

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    The axial skeleton (80 bones) is formed by the vertebral column (32–34 bones; the number of the vertebrae differs from human to human as the lower 2 parts, sacral and coccygeal bone may vary in length), a part of the rib cage (12 pairs of ribs and the sternum), and the skull (22 bones and 7 associated bones).

  9. Suprasternal notch - Wikipedia

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    Anatomical terms of bone [ edit on Wikidata ] The suprasternal notch , also known as the fossa jugularis sternalis , jugular notch , or Plender gap , is a large, visible dip in between the neck in humans, between the clavicles , and above the manubrium of the sternum .