breastbone in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for breastbone in the English»Italian Dictionary

breastbone in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for breastbone in the English»Italian Dictionary

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The skeleton's breastbone has also adapted into a large keel, suitable for the attachment of large, powerful flight muscles.
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It also has an unusually shaped breastbone, distinguishing it from other birds in its suborder, the enantiornithines.
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The breastbone bore a strong keel for the attachment of flight muscles, and contained a distinct opening or fenestra, a unique characteristic of yanornithiformes.
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An incision is made through the breastbone to expose the heart.
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The shoulderblades are the scapular area and the breastbone is the sternal region.
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The female skeleton also has wider and shorter breastbone and slimmer wrists.
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It is not worn as a belt but is placed above the waist between the navel and the breastbone (sternum).
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For example, the heart is posterior to the breastbone.
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Birds are the only vertebrate animals to have a fused collarbone (the furcula or wishbone) or a keeled sternum or breastbone.
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Other characteristics include fused wrist bones similar to those of birds, and a keeled breastbone.
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