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What is the advantage of having the ribs attached to the breastbone by cartilage?
The purpose would have to be flexibility and therefore more protection by not shattering and puncturing the vital organs the ribs are there to protect.
What is the bone joining the shoulder-blade to the breastbone?
The breastbone is anteromedial to the shoulder blade.
What is the combining term for breastbone?
sterno-
Is the breastbone considered the medial part of the body?
The breastbone (sternum), is just about the most medial (towards the mid-line) structure of the body.
Where is substernal pain felt?
Underneath the sternum (breastbone).
What is the function of breastbone?
To hold tour ribcage together and protect your internal organs.
Where is the heart in the human body?
It is behind (posterior to) the breastbone (sternum) in the chest (thorax).
What bones protects heart?
The breastbone or sternum protect the heart. The ribs also help protect the organs in the chest including the lungs.
Can you show where my heart is on my body?
The heart is a muscular organ located slightly to left side of and behind the breastbone. It is the size of a fist.
The breastbone is what to the shoulders?
The breastbone is anteromedial to the shoulder blade.
What is your breastbone is also know as ...?
Your breastbone is called the sternum.
What is the advantage of having the ribs attached to the breastbone by cartilage?
The purpose would have to be flexibility and therefore more protection by not shattering and puncturing the vital organs the ribs are there to protect.
The cardiovascular system is made up of the?
It is made up of the Heart, Your ribcage, And Behind the breastbone.
What is a mediastinoscopy?
Mediastinoscopy is a surgical procedure that allows physicians to view areas of the mediastinum, the cavity behind the breastbone that lies between the lungs.
What is mediastinoscopy?
Mediastinoscopy is a surgical procedure that allows physicians to view areas of the mediastinum, the cavity behind the breastbone that lies between the lungs.
What did the Romans NOT leave behind?
Their organs.
What is another name for the breastbone?
Sternocostal or costosternal means pertaining to the breastbone and ribs.Costosternal
