The Anthromica Library
The human body one structure at a time. Every page has a 3D model you can turn, with its parts numbered on it, where it sits, what it does and what supplies it.
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- Body of sternumCorpus sterniThe long middle section of the breastbone, between the manubrium and the xiphoid process, carrying the cartilages of the second to seventh ribs.
- First ribCosta primaThe first rib is the shortest, broadest and most curved rib, forming the rim of the upper opening of the thorax.
- Manubrium of sternumManubrium sterniThe wide top section of the breastbone, where the clavicles and the first pair of ribs meet the front of the chest.
- RibsCostaeThe ribs are the twelve pairs of curved bones that run from the thoracic spine around the chest, forming the rib cage that shields the heart and lungs.
- Xiphoid processProcessus xiphoideusThe small, pointed lower tip of the breastbone, cartilage in youth and slowly turning to bone with age.