your clavicle and your spinal cord.
Ribs
In the anterior position (front), the ribs connect to the sternum (breast bone) and in the posterior position (back), the vertebrae. There are free ribs that do not attach at the sternum, they just attach at the vertebrae.
they are attached by cartilage formed between the actual rib and the back bone
The Atlas
No, the sternum is NOT the same thing as vertebrae. The sternum is the breastbone. Vertebra are in the spine.
Vertebra in the back, sternum in the front.
You would call it a neck bone, I suppose, but the "Neck Bone" has many other bones with it. Though it is all made up as the Cervical vertebrae
The sternum IS a bone.
The 12 ribs pairs, the sternum (manubrium, body and xiphoid) and the 12 thoracic vertebrae.
: Vertebrae are posterior (or dorsal) to the sternum and medial to the kidneys.
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No the tarsals are the bones of the feet. The clavicle connects to the sternum and the scapula.
The sternum bone is in the middle of your chest, right above your heart and lungs.