Definition of thorax

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Thorax (n.) The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest..

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Abdomen :: Abdomen (n.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity..
Pneumatograph :: Pneumatograph (n.) An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax or chest wall during respiration; -- also called stethograph.
Propodium :: Propodium (n.) The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax of a hymenopterous insect.
Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.
Prophragma :: Prophragma (n.) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.
Prothoracic :: Prothoracic (a.) Of or pertaining to the prothorax.
Pronotum :: Pronotum (n.) The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.
Thorax :: Thorax (n.) The middle region of the body of an insect, or that region which bears the legs and wings. It is composed of three united somites, each of which is composed of several distinct parts. See Illust. in Appendix. and Illust. of Coleoptera..
Prosoma :: Prosoma (n.) The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod..
Thoracic :: Thoracic (a.) Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest..
Pneumatothorax :: Pneumatothorax (n.) See Pneumothorax.
Metathorax :: Metathorax (n.) The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.
Unicorn :: Unicorn (n.) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.
Manitrunk :: Manitrunk (n.) The anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Insect.
Cephalothorax :: Cephalothorax (n.) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax..
Mesothoracic :: Mesothoracic (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesothorax.
Pleural :: Pleural (a.) Of or pertaining to the pleura or pleurae, or to the sides of the thorax..
Pyopneumothorax :: Pyopneumothorax (n.) Accumulation of air, or other gas, and of pus, in the pleural cavity..
Prosternum :: Prosternum (n.) The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.
Succussive :: Succussion (n.) The act of shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax..
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