I guess one could think of the sternum as the "backbone" that holds the ribs together, keeps them in place. The sternum and ribs are a cage like system that protects your heart and lungs from injury. Your ribs are also contected to your spine. Imagine not having any rib cage at all!
The function of the sternum is to protect the heart, produce red blood cells (RBC), form an attachment to most of the ribs, along with the ribs, which form a "cage", to also protect the lungs and a portion of the liver.
The sternum protects the vital area right above your heart and lungs. It completes the rib cage, since the first to the seventh rib is connected to it by coastal cartilage.
to provide flixability of the sternum and ribs and the whole chest cavity
to protect the heart essentially. the sternum is a very hard and resistant bone to break and takes a very large force to actually brake.
the purpose of the ribs and sternum are to protect your internal organs
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Birds have extremely strong pectoral muscles to fly. It provides attachment for those "chicken" breasts
Your ribs are connected to your sternum. If you didn't have it, your ribs would not have anything to connect to, therefore they wouldn't be able to protect vital internal organs.
The sternum is superior to the pubic region.
intercoastals (body of sternum), Sternalis (manubrium of sternum), Sternocleidomastoid (manubrium of sternum), Pectoralis Major (body of sternum)
i thought about that question too and i kept looking for an answer but this is all i could find: The function of the floating ribs is not fully understood. A floating rib could theoretically provide some protection to the contents of the abdominal cavity, but it isn't as necessary as the ribs which are attached to the sternum.
The humerus is lateral to the sternum. The sternum, or breastbone, is midline.
The nipple is lateral to the sternum.
it gives the ventral side of the ribs support
The function of the xiphoid process is to attach the cartilage in the celiac plexus to the sternum. It also indirectly attaches the costal cartilage to the sternum.
The manubrium is a part of the sternum. There are three parts to the sternum: the manubrium (up top), the body (in the middle), and the xiphoid process (the tip, at the bottom).
The gallbladder is lateral to the sternum. The sternum is a midline structure.
It is the insertion point of ribs and upper limbs. It also protects some organs, like the heart
The sternum is superior to the pubic region.
intercoastals (body of sternum), Sternalis (manubrium of sternum), Sternocleidomastoid (manubrium of sternum), Pectoralis Major (body of sternum)
The heat is posterior to the sternum, not anterior. It is a midline structure, like the sternum, so it is not lateral to the sternum.
The breastbone, or sternum, is a flexible plate of cartilage that holds the front of most of the ribs in place to form the thoracic cage.
Large keel helps in attachment of large flight muscles pectoralis major .
The sternum is bone.
The sternum is a flat bone