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Function of sternum

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I guess one could think of the sternum as the "backbone" that holds the ribs together, keeps them in place. The sternum and ribs are a cage like system that protects your heart and lungs from injury. Your ribs are also contected to your spine. Imagine not having any rib cage at all!

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The function of the sternum is to protect the heart, produce red blood cells (RBC), form an attachment to most of the ribs, along with the ribs, which form a "cage", to also protect the lungs and a portion of the liver.

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The sternum protects the vital area right above your heart and lungs. It completes the rib cage, since the first to the seventh rib is connected to it by coastal cartilage.

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to provide flixability of the sternum and ribs and the whole chest cavity

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to protect the heart essentially. the sternum is a very hard and resistant bone to break and takes a very large force to actually brake.

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the purpose of the ribs and sternum are to protect your internal organs

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Birds have extremely strong pectoral muscles to fly. It provides attachment for those "chicken" breasts

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Your ribs are connected to your sternum. If you didn't have it, your ribs would not have anything to connect to, therefore they wouldn't be able to protect vital internal organs.

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What is the function of sternum?

it gives the ventral side of the ribs support


What is the purpose of the xiphoid process?

The function of the xiphoid process is to attach the cartilage in the celiac plexus to the sternum. It also indirectly attaches the costal cartilage to the sternum.


What is the purpose of the manubrium?

The manubrium is a part of the sternum. There are three parts to the sternum: the manubrium (up top), the body (in the middle), and the xiphoid process (the tip, at the bottom).


Is the sternum medial to the heart?

The gallbladder is lateral to the sternum. The sternum is a midline structure.


What is the function for the sternum?

It is the insertion point of ribs and upper limbs. It also protects some organs, like the heart


Is the sternum inferior to the Umbilicus?

The sternum is superior to the pubic region.


What muscle attaches to the sternum?

intercoastals (body of sternum), Sternalis (manubrium of sternum), Sternocleidomastoid (manubrium of sternum), Pectoralis Major (body of sternum)


Is the heart anterior or 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.


What kind of tissue is the sternum?

The sternum is bone.


What is the shape of the sternum?

The sternum is a flat bone


What bone does the sternum protect?

The sternum IS a bone.


What is the function on the breastbone?

The breastbone, or sternum, is a flexible plate of cartilage that holds the front of most of the ribs in place to form the thoracic cage.