Sternum

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.

3. Noun

the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
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