{# Crawler directives — per-engine only. A bare `robots` meta is deliberately absent: pruning here is a Google indexation decision, never a crawl block, so AI crawlers keep the full surface. #}

rib vs Sternum

Propriedade rib Sternum
Nome latino dorsal rib Os sternum
Tipo Bone Bone
Sistema corporal N/A Skeletal
Região corporal N/A Thorax
Função N/A The flat bone in the center of the anterior chest wall. Protects the heart and great vessels. Provides attachment for the costal cartilages of the upper seven ribs and the …
Significado clínico N/A Sternal fractures occur from direct trauma (steering wheel injuries). Median sternotomy is the standard approach for open-heart surgery. Sternal bone marrow aspiration and biopsy are common diagnostic procedures.
FMA ID 7574 7485
{# Internal-link refocus: a comparison is an entry point, not a destination. Send readers (and crawl equity) to the structure, system and region pages. #}

Full structure pages

rib

dorsal rib

Sternum

Os sternum

The flat bone at the center of the anterior chest wall, the sternum shields the heart and great vessels and anchors the costal cartilages of the upper seven ribs and the clavicles; its interior is …

Skeletal Thorax