Definition Definition

sternum - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'sternum' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sternum [ n.]
- 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.