Sternum is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for STERNUM in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a long, flat supporting bone of most vertebrates
• the breastbone.
• a thickened ventral plate on each segment of the body of an arthropod.
• long flat bone to which most of the ribs are attached
• 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.
• the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs

Words related to STERNUM

sterna6 sternal7 sternums10

Words that contain STERNUM

sternums10 episternum14 presternum14 prosternum14 episternums15 presternums15 prosternums15 xiphisternum26 xiphisternums27

How to use STERNUM in a sentence

• The indifferent pole is applied over the sternum or other convenient point.
• The cartilages proceeding from each sternum meet at an angle, and then seem to be connected by a ligament, so as to form a joint.
• The muscles of the chest are developed in proportion, and the sternum has a medial ridge something like that of a bird.
• Rapidly bending down and back again, with the undulation of a serpent, he struck Phelem-ghe-Madone in the sternum.

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