“When supine, the muscle is flattened and bandlike. When decubitus or prone, the sternalis muscle is mobile and may have a bulging appearance.”

“Between the last sternebra and the xiphisternum two pairs articulate.”

“The incidences of cervical rib, asymmetrically shaped sternebra, and incomplete ossification of hyoid bone, were significant in all treatment groups.”

“The median sternotomy is used to gain access to the anterior mediastinum, heart, great vessels, hila and pleural spaces.”

“The rapid evolution of keyhole surgery has seen mitral valve procedures performed without sternotomy, using a left sided posterior mini-thoracotomy approach.”

“You perform the sternotomy from the sternal notch to the xiphisternum.”

“Your body in water is really a teeter-totter with it's fulcrum somewhere between your waist and your sternum.”

“The wires holding the sternum together are permanent, but the stitches closing the wound will gradually dissolve.”

“Surgical closure of the sternum is often accomplished with stainless steel wires, but other techniques are being investigated.”

“An example used by both Schmalhausen and Waddington concerns the calluses on the keels and sterna of ostriches.”

“There is a rather extensive membranous area separating the sterna of the mesothorax and the metathorax.”

“Examination of the sterna and abdomina of these crabs permitted identification of mature and immature males and females.”