Preferred Name |
sternum |
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Synonyms |
vertebrate sternum breastbone |
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Definitions |
A midventral endochondral skeletal element which represents the origin site of the pectoral muscles[PHENOSCAPE:ad]. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000975 |
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axiom_lost_from_external_ontology |
relationship loss: part_of postzonal element (AAO:0000938)[AAO] |
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Contributor | ||
database_cross_reference |
http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/302522007 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0038293 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sternum EHDAA2:0001914 NCIT:C12793 CALOHA:TS-0972 AAO:0000765 EMAPA:18344 VHOG:0000856 UMLS:C0038293 OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjO6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA BTO:0001302 MESH:D013249 galen:Sternum EHDAA:9561 FMA:7485 GAID:246 MA:0001331 |
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depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Illu_thoracic_cage.jpg |
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development_notes |
While its developmental origins are similar to the ribs (from the myospetum and septum of the trunk region), it is often associated with the pectoral skeleton, due to both function and physical connections (i.e. the coracoid of archosaurs). It may be a single element or a series of smaller structure (sternebrae). Based on Kardong 2012. [PHENOSCAPE:ad]. |
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editor note |
in EMAPA and EHDAA2 this is part of the skeleton of pectoral girdle; the classic def of pectoral girdle (see WP) excludes the rib cage and sternum |
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external_definition |
Single element that constitutes the postzonal area of the pectoral girdle.[AAO] |
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has_exact_synonym |
vertebrate sternum |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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has_related_synonym |
breastbone |
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has_relational_adjective |
sternal |
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homology_notes |
Fishes lack a sternum. (...) A sternum is absent in the first fossil tetrapods, but it is present in modern amphibians. (...) Thus, a sternum occurs in some modern amphibians, birds, mammals and archosaurs. However, its absence in the common ancestors to these groups means that it has arisen independently several times within the field of the midventral connective tissue.[well established][VHOG] |
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id |
UBERON:0000975 |
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imported from | ||
in_subset |
http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#pheno_slim |
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label |
sternum |
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never_in_taxon | ||
notation |
UBERON:0000975 |
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prefLabel |
sternum |
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taxon_notes |
It probably first evolved in early tetrapods as an extension of the pectoral girdle; it is not found in fish. In amphibians and reptiles it is typically a shield-shaped structure, often composed entirely of cartilage. It is absent in both turtles and snakes. In birds it is a relatively large bone and typically bears an enormous projecting keel to which the flight muscles are attached. Only in mammals does the sternum take on the elongated, segmented form seen in humans. In some mammals, such as opossums, the individual segments never fuse and remain separated by cartilagenous plates throughout life in birds, either ratite (no keel or carina) or carinate (keel and carina present) |
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textual definition |
A midventral endochondral skeletal element which represents the origin site of the pectoral muscles[PHENOSCAPE:ad]. |
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subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010363 |
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