Jun 24, 2013 07:03
10 yrs ago
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English term
chestbone
English
Medical
Medical (general)
anatomy
the sternum is also known as the breastbone; is "chestbone" also a correct alternative name for 'sternum"?
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Anna Herbst
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| 4 +5 | No |
Jack Doughty
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Anna Herbst
Australia
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sternum
Chest bone appears to be the colloquial term in the US whereas breast bone is favoured elsewhere. It is of course the sternum that is referred to in both cases.
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Note added at 23 hrs (2013-06-25 06:23:06 GMT)
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Most commonly the term is written in two words, but a google search will come up with many instances where it is written as one word as well, as this example shows: "Chest wall abnormalities (pectus excavatum/or indented chestbone or pectus carinatum/protruding chestbone)".
http://www.marfan.org/marfan/2348/other
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Note added at 23 hrs (2013-06-25 06:23:06 GMT)
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Most commonly the term is written in two words, but a google search will come up with many instances where it is written as one word as well, as this example shows: "Chest wall abnormalities (pectus excavatum/or indented chestbone or pectus carinatum/protruding chestbone)".
http://www.marfan.org/marfan/2348/other
Example sentence:
Chest Bone Development in Children
Peer comment(s):
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Charles Davis
: Yes, it is used, occasionally in UK and Ireland too (perhaps by people who want to avoid using the word "breast"), but nearly always as two words (chest bone).
13 mins
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Thanks, Charles. And, yes, two words for "chest bone" but one for "breastbone".
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638556 (X)
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Thanks, Jo.
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Michal Berski
: Defnitely not, the paper quoted clearly refers to chest bones (bones of chest)
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Not quite right, Michal. The article refers to both "chest bone" and "bones":"A child's chest bone, as well as surrounding bones, begins forming almost immediately after conception. In most cases, nature takes its course and a baby's chest bone forms..."
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raptisi
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Thanks, Raptisi.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
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No
except maybe in the song "Dry Bones". (The headbone connected to the neckbone, etc., oh hear the word of the Lord!)
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Suzan Hamer
: I don't know why nobody else agrees with you, Jack. You DID answer the question.... And make me laugh... now if I could just get dem bones outa my head. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYb8Wm6-QfA. Ah, reading on I see perhaps "no" isn't correct after all.
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Thank you.//I googled "chestbone" as one word and couldn't find a single entry. Didn't think of trying it as two words, but I still reckon I've answered the question, as asked, correctly.
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Sabina Králová
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Thank you.
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Thayenga
: An indeed amusing but correct answer, Jack. :)
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Thank you.
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David Moore (X)
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Thank you.
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Michal Berski
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Thank you.
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Discussion
"Breastbone" is more common as a non-technical alternative to sternum, but plenty of people call it the chest bone.
"The sternum (chest bone) lies in the midline of the anterior chest wall."
http://www.mananatomy.com/body-systems/skeletal-system/stern...
"How to protect your chest bone (sternum) after thoracic surgery"
http://tinyurl.com/q8d4733
"The sternum can also be called the breastbone or chest bone."
http://www.newhealthguide.org/Sternum-Pain.html
etc., etc.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/woman-bleeding-...