Birds have there forelimbs modified into wings to fly. The chest muscles has to be very much stronger in birds to enable them to fly. To bear the force of flying, the sternum in birds has be relatively large as compared to human being.
Large keel helps in attachment of large flight muscles pectoralis major .
The gallbladder is lateral to the sternum. The sternum is a midline structure.
The nipple is lateral to the 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 sternum is superior to the pubic region.
There really isn't a wishbone (furculum) on a human. The equivalent would be if our clavicles (collarbones) were fused with our sternum.On a bird they are fused for support to aid flight.
The sternum is a flat bone
The sternum is bone.
The sternum IS a bone.
Another name for sternum could be chest or breastbone.rib cageBreastboneIn Layman terminology, the sternum is known as the breastbone.
No, the sternum is NOT the same thing as vertebrae. The sternum is the breastbone. Vertebra are in the spine.
Yes, and the sternum is medial to the shoulder.