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Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum. Sternal ribs. See the Note under Rib, n., 1.

Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.

Of or pertaining to the episternum.

Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See Yester, a. Ld. Lytton.

Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or pertaining to them; infrahyoid; as, the hyosternal region of the neck.

Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.

Between the sternal; -- said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.

Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.

Of or pertaining to the mesosternum.

Of or pertaining to the metasternum.

Of or pertaining to the omosternum.

Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.

The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.

An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.

ocess by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution. -- False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man. -- False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and the roof. Oxford Gloss. -- False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes. -- False sco…

The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib. Owen. -- Hem`a*po*phys"i*al, a.

Same as Hyosternal (a).

le line of the epigastric region of the abdomen at the lower end of the sternum; the infrasternal depression. -- Pit saw (Mech.), a saw worked by two men, one of whom stands on the log and the other beneath it. The place of the latter is often in a pit, whence the name. -- Pit viper (Zoöl.), any viperine snake having…

The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.