sterno-, stern-
(Greek: chest, breast, sternum, the breast bone)
chondrosternoplasty
cleidosternal
costosternal
Pertaining to the ribs and the sternum.
costosternoplasty
Operation to correct a malformation of the anterior chest by using a portion of a rib to support the sternum.
entosternal
entosternite
entosternum
episternum
homalosternal
A reference to birds that have a flat keelless sternum or breast-bone; ratite.
hyosternal
hyosternum
hyposternal
hyposternum
mesosternum
The middle piece or body of the sternum (breast bone), a long bone running down the front of the chest, flat in many animals but ridged in most birds.
In humans, the top seven pairs of ribs are connected to it.
metasternum
