Sternum
noun
The flat bone that lies in the middle of the chest in humans and some animals.
The doctor examined the X-ray report and found a fracture in the patient's sternum.
Often appears as...
- fractured sternum
- broken sternum
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Technical
noun
The flat bone that lies in the middle of the chest in humans and some animals.
The doctor examined the X-ray report and found a fracture in the patient's sternum.
Often appears as...
- fractured sternum
- broken sternum
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Human Anatomy
Use 'sternum' when specifically referring to chest bone anatomy or medical contexts.
During CPR training, we learned the correct hand placement is just above the sternum.
Pro Tip 2/3Injury Descriptions
'Sternum' is used to describe injuries related to the chest bone in accidents or sports.
The football player suffered a sternum injury during the game.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Terminology
When reading or writing medical reports, 'sternum' denotes the exact bone being discussed.
The surgeon's report mentioned a small incision just below the sternum.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Anatomy
Use 'sternum' when specifically referring to chest bone anatomy or medical contexts.
During CPR training, we learned the correct hand placement is just above the sternum.
Pro Tip 2/3Injury Descriptions
'Sternum' is used to describe injuries related to the chest bone in accidents or sports.
The football player suffered a sternum injury during the game.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Terminology
When reading or writing medical reports, 'sternum' denotes the exact bone being discussed.
The surgeon's report mentioned a small incision just below the sternum.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Anatomy
Use 'sternum' when specifically referring to chest bone anatomy or medical contexts.
During CPR training, we learned the correct hand placement is just above the sternum.
Pro Tip 2/3Injury Descriptions
'Sternum' is used to describe injuries related to the chest bone in accidents or sports.
The football player suffered a sternum injury during the game.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Terminology
When reading or writing medical reports, 'sternum' denotes the exact bone being discussed.
The surgeon's report mentioned a small incision just below the sternum.
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Video examples
Andrew Skurka: Trekking...
of which falls as snow and if you end up with all that snow over tens of thousands years you end up with huge glaciers and for scale this is where you wish you had a hiking partner for scale when I walked right next to this piece of ice right here is about up to my like upper like sternum area so I figured
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My journey from Marine...
And then, a few years into my service and months away from deploying to Iraq, I dislocated my sternum in a mountain-biking accident, and had to be medically separated. Those never in the military may find this hard to understand, but being told I wasn't getting deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan
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It's OK to feel...
Intuition can only happen when you're in the moment. And so, from that point forward, she did not experience fear for the rest of the time she was in the woods. She just was guided by some deep intuitive sense, located somewhere between her sternum and her navel,
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My mother's final wish...
What started as a small cluster in one vertebrae expanded throughout her spine and pushed its way forward into her sternum and her rib cage. All within four months. This time there was no begging. He said, "The cancer is growing really fast."
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Safari Live - Day 352 PIPE...
got buffalo and also we got a print of layers that we call the oils I do not want to interfere with this particular hunt but I think something cool is happening here ladies and gentlemen there's a sternum and the buffalos or
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Why can't some birds...
become dense. Their sturdy feathers turn to fluff. Their wings shrink, and in some cases disappear entirely. And the keel-like protrusion on their sternums, where the flight muscles attach, shrinks or disappears,
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In the opioid crisis,...
And then all of a sudden, you are awakened by five or six total strangers in uniform. And they're rubbing your sternum, and they're saying, "Wake up, wake up! You overdosed, you could've died."
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Rhino Attacks Tourists PIPE...
isn't done with them yet it strikes him with the base of its horn fracturing his sternum and crushing his ribs then the Rhino wheels around and charges another member of the group the
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
MW Chili's is something which can but Chile's is also very much important where I come from inventor we sternum
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See How Skateboarding Is...
26 years oh yeah let me choose to sleep on my part like in down yo yo yo yeah pull your sternum
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Andrew Skurka: Trekking...
of which falls as snow and if you end up with all that snow over tens of thousands years you end up with huge glaciers and for scale this is where you wish you had a hiking partner for scale when I walked right next to this piece of ice right here is about up to my like upper like sternum area so I figured
Video examples
My journey from Marine...
And then, a few years into my service and months away from deploying to Iraq, I dislocated my sternum in a mountain-biking accident, and had to be medically separated. Those never in the military may find this hard to understand, but being told I wasn't getting deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
Intuition can only happen when you're in the moment. And so, from that point forward, she did not experience fear for the rest of the time she was in the woods. She just was guided by some deep intuitive sense, located somewhere between her sternum and her navel,
Video examples
My mother's final wish...
What started as a small cluster in one vertebrae expanded throughout her spine and pushed its way forward into her sternum and her rib cage. All within four months. This time there was no begging. He said, "The cancer is growing really fast."
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 352 PIPE...
got buffalo and also we got a print of layers that we call the oils I do not want to interfere with this particular hunt but I think something cool is happening here ladies and gentlemen there's a sternum and the buffalos or
Video examples
Why can't some birds...
become dense. Their sturdy feathers turn to fluff. Their wings shrink, and in some cases disappear entirely. And the keel-like protrusion on their sternums, where the flight muscles attach, shrinks or disappears,
Video examples
In the opioid crisis,...
And then all of a sudden, you are awakened by five or six total strangers in uniform. And they're rubbing your sternum, and they're saying, "Wake up, wake up! You overdosed, you could've died."
Video examples
Rhino Attacks Tourists PIPE...
isn't done with them yet it strikes him with the base of its horn fracturing his sternum and crushing his ribs then the Rhino wheels around and charges another member of the group the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
MW Chili's is something which can but Chile's is also very much important where I come from inventor we sternum
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See How Skateboarding Is...
26 years oh yeah let me choose to sleep on my part like in down yo yo yo yeah pull your sternum
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Quote examples
Adam Driver
American Actor
I was in a mountain biking accident and broke my sternum about three months before my unit was supposed to deploy to Iraq, and it's such a close-knit community that the idea of not getting to go is hugely jarring, so I tried to get put back in training and wound up injuring it worse.
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Justin Gaethje
American Athlete
I wrestled Jordan Burroughs two times - Jordan Burroughs had a hell of a time trying to take me down. I stopped his double leg numerous times. And he also, probably, fractured my sternum - from me trying to stop him.
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Tony McCoy
Irish Athlete
If you break your sternum or your ribs, you can still move. It's going to hurt, but if you can cope with it, you'll do it.
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Guy Martin
British Celebrity
I broke five vertebrae, and they had to rod my spine because I broke my sternum, too.
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Michelle McCool
American Wrestler
Fortunately, the shooting pain in my back masked the pain of my broken sternum.
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Adam Driver
American Actor
I was in a mountain biking accident and broke my sternum about three months before my unit was supposed to deploy to Iraq, and it's such a close-knit community that the idea of not getting to go is hugely jarring, so I tried to get put back in training and wound up injuring it worse.
Quote examples
Justin Gaethje
American Athlete
I wrestled Jordan Burroughs two times - Jordan Burroughs had a hell of a time trying to take me down. I stopped his double leg numerous times. And he also, probably, fractured my sternum - from me trying to stop him.
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Tony McCoy
Irish Athlete
If you break your sternum or your ribs, you can still move. It's going to hurt, but if you can cope with it, you'll do it.
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Guy Martin
British Celebrity
I broke five vertebrae, and they had to rod my spine because I broke my sternum, too.
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Michelle McCool
American Wrestler
Fortunately, the shooting pain in my back masked the pain of my broken sternum.
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