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STERNUM [3 records]

Record 1 2020-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
sternum
Latin
A02.3.03.001
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A longitudinal unpaired plate of bone forming the middle of the anterior wall of the thorax ...

OBS

sternum: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.3.03.001: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

Key term(s)
  • breastbone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
sternum
Latin
A02.3.03.001
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Os allongé de haut en bas, aplati d'avant en arrière, situé à la partie antérieure et médiane du squelette du thorax.

OBS

sternum : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.3.03.001 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

(...) midventral skeletal element that usually articulates with the more anterior thoracic ribs. Its functions are to strengthen the body wall, help protect the thoracic viscera, accommodate muscles of the pectoral limb, and, in some amniotes, aid in ventilating the lungs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

La région dorsale [des Vertébrés supérieurs est] caractérisée par la présence de côtes qui s'articulent parfois, sur la face ventrale, avec un os impair médian, formé d'une ou plusieurs pièces, le "sternum".

Spanish

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Record 3 1977-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The sternum is the] sternites of all body somites [of a crustacean] taken together, and [the] abdomen; [it is the] ventral segmented floor of [the] thorax. (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) abdomen rabattu sur le sternum; (...)

Spanish

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