'''Sternum''' (e [[verbum|verbo]]a [[Lingua Graeca antiqua|Graeco]] ''{{Polytonic|στέρνον}} 'pectus; sternum') sive '''os pectoris'''<ref>[http://books.google.fi/books?id=MAMPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA489&lpg=PA489&dq=%22os+pectoris%22&source=bl&ots=bwzOzGcGux&sig=xZEOLXybkuBquATBwdDXE-zuQnc&hl=fi&sa=X&ei=bWUYT9_LFK314QSn2_noDQ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22os%20pectoris%22&f=false Celsus, ''De medicina'' 1].</ref> sive '''os pectorale'''<ref>[http://books.google.fi/books?hl=fi&id=v61AAAAAcAAJ&dq=inauthor%3A%22Oribasius%22&q=pectorale#v=snippet&q=pectorale&f=false Oribasius (versio Rasarii), ed.Dunlass] p.203 ''ad os pectorale''; p. 209 ''ad pectorale os''; p. 231 ''ad os pectorale''.</ref> est [[Os (ossis - anatomia)|os]] [[Thorax|thoracis]] [[homo|hominis]], a quo [[costa (anatomia)|costae]] se avertuntavertuntur. Sternum in tres partes divisum est:
* Manubrium sterni
Linea 7:
* Processus xiphoideus
Sternum cum costis praecipua membra [[corpus|corporis]] ut [[cor]] et, [[pulmo]]nes aliaque membra vitalia protegit.
