No, the sternum is NOT the same thing as vertebrae. The sternum is the breastbone. Vertebra are in the spine.
There are several bones: ribs (24), sternum, thoracic vertebrae that protect the heart and the lungs and several other organs.
The sternum is part of the chest skeleton system, it has nothing to do with the heart.
Your sternum is in mid-line. One third of your heart is on the right side and two third lies on left side behind your sternum.
The sternum is anterior to the heart.
It doesn't. The sternum protects the heart.
: Vertebrae are posterior (or dorsal) to the sternum and medial to the kidneys.
7 with sternum
the strnum, 12 pairs of ribs, and 12 thoracic vertebrae.
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.
The only thing that connects the left and the right (1-10) is the sternum in the middle and the vertebrae in the back. 10-12 are only connected by the vertebrae between them.
The ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae make up the ribcage.
The ribs, the thoracic vertebrae and the sternum, some would also consider the clavicle part of the thoracic cage.
your clavicle and your spinal cord.
Skull;(cranium and mandible), vertebrae, sternum
These are called true ribs. They each have their own cartilage connection to the sternum.
The 12 ribs pairs, the sternum (manubrium, body and xiphoid) and the 12 thoracic vertebrae.
Wolves have 24 ribs. Two ribs are floating ribs, and the rest connect the sternum to the thoracic vertebrae. That's the same number that humans have.