"Sternal" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... (less frequently) the sternal and interscapular regions of the trunk. It is sometimes seen ...
— Essentials of Diseases of the Skin • Henry Weightman Stelwagon
... The sternum consists of segments, the sternebrae (st.); anteriorly there is a bony manubrium (mb.), posteriorly a thin cartilaginous plate, the xiphisternum (xi.). Seven pairs of ribs articulate by cartilaginous ends (sternal ribs) with the sternum directly, as indicated in the figure; five (false) ribs are joined, to each other and to the seventh, and not to the sternum directly. The last four ribs have no ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells
... of the posterior sternal bone in the wild rabbit (figure 15, A) is thin and slightly enlarged; in some of the large lop-eared rabbits (B) it is much more enlarged towards the extremity; whilst in other specimens (C) it keeps nearly of the same breadth from ...
— The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication - Volume I • Charles Darwin |
