sternum

     

The sternum (from Greek στέρνον, sternon, "chest" or breastbone) is a long, flat bone locate in the center of the thorax (chest). It connects to the rib bones via cartilage, forming the rib cage with them, and thus helps to protect the lungs, heart and major blood vessels from physical trauma.

Trivia about sternum

  • From the Greek for breastbone, it's, well...the breastbone
  • The name of this bone to which the ribs attach is from the Greek for "breastbone"
  • (Cheryl of Clue Crew indicates a skeleton.) Appropriately, the name of this bone comes from the Greek for "breastbone"
  • This long, flat bone is made up of 3 parts with the most ribs attached to the middle part
  • Your false ribs are so called because unlike your true ribs, they aren't attached to this breastbone
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands next to a skeleton & reads the clue.) The heart & lungs are protected by the thoracic cage, which is made up of 12 vertabrae in the back, the ribs & this breastbone

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