Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Extending, as a rib, from the backbone to the breast-bone; connecting a vertebra or vertebræ with a sterneber or sternebers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Relating to the
vertebra andsternum .
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Diagram showing the axes of movement (A B and C D) of a vertebrosternal rib.
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317 Diagram showing the axes of movement (A B and C D) of a vertebrosternal rib.
III. Syndesmology. 5g. Articulation of the Manubrium and Body of the Sternum 1918
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