breastbone in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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breastbone in the PONS Dictionary

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Other characteristics include fused wrist bones similar to those of birds, and a keeled breastbone.
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They had a keeled breastbone that was developed for the attachment of flight muscles and an enlarged brain that shows specialised features associated with flight.
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For example, the heart is posterior to the breastbone.
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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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In any case it is an inflammation of the cartilage that attaches the front of the ribs 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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It also has an unusually shaped breastbone, distinguishing it from other birds in its suborder, the enantiornithines.
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For median sternotomy (access through the sternum, or breastbone), the patient will have a vertical scar on the anterior chest above the sternum.
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The chest is deep and broad with a slightly protruding breastbone, with well-sprung ribs.
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The procedure begins when the surgeon makes an incision in the skin over the breastbone and divides it to expose the pericardium.
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