The sternebrae
Sternebrae
The pieces of the breastbone: the manubrium in front, the six pieces of the body, and the xiphoid process behind.
- Region
- Trunk
- Members
- 8
- With a page
- 2
How they differ along the set
What changes from one end of the series to the other, which is most of what there is to know about any one of them.
- The body is six cylindrical pieces, enlarged at their ends and joined by movable synchondroses.Reighard & Jennings 1901, the sternum
- The manubrium is about a fifth of the sternum's length and projects in front of the first rib; it is dagger-shaped.Reighard & Jennings 1901, the sternum
- The xiphoid process ends the sternum: bony and cylindrical at its front end, with a broad thin plate of cartilage behind.Reighard & Jennings 1901, the sternum
The members
In order along the set. Any one of them can be singled out in the model above, with the picker beneath it. The ones that are taught by name have a page of their own.
- ManubriumManubrium sterniHas a page
- Sternebra 2Sternebra II
- Sternebra 3Sternebra III
- Sternebra 4Sternebra IV
- Sternebra 5Sternebra V
- Sternebra 6Sternebra VI
- Sternebra 7Sternebra VII
- Xiphoid processProcessus xiphoideusHas a page