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Definition of thorax
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of thorax is as below...
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..
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Pneumothorax
::
Pneumothorax
(n.) A
condition
in which air or other gas is
present
in the
cavity
of the
chest;
--
called
also
pneumatothorax.
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..
Pleurobranch
::
Pleurobranch
(n.) Any one of the gills of a
crustacean
that is
attached
to the side of the
thorax.
Prothorax
::
Prothorax
(n.) The first or
anterior
segment
of the
thorax
in
insects.
See
Illusts.
of
Butterfly
and
Coleoptera.
Semirecondite
::
Semirecondite
(a.) Half
hidden
or half
covered;
said of the head of an
insect
when half
covered
by the
shield
of the
thorax.
Prosoma
::
Prosoma
(n.) The
anterior
of the body of an
animal,
as of a
cephalopod;
the
thorax
of an
arthropod..
Sphex
::
Sphex (n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of sand wasps of the genus Sphex and
allied
genera.
These wasps have the
abdomen
attached
to the
thorax
by a
slender
pedicel.
See
Illust.
of Sand wasp, under
Sand..
Horn
::
Horn (n.) Any
natural
projection
or
excrescence
from an
animal,
resembling
or
thought
to
resemble
a horn in
substance
or form; esp.: (a) A
projection
from the beak of a bird, as in the
hornbill.
(b) A tuft of
feathers
on the head of a bird, as in the
horned
owl. (c) A
hornlike
projection
from the head or
thorax
of an
insect,
or the head of a
reptile,
or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the
horned
pout..
Cephalothorax
::
Cephalothorax
(n.) The
anterior
portion
of any one of the
Arachnida
and
higher
Crustacea,
consisting
of the
united
head and
thorax..
Mesosternum
::
Mesosternum
(n.) The
ventral
piece of the
middle
segment
of the
thorax
in
insects.
Metathorax
::
Metathorax
(n.) The last or
posterior
segment
of the
thorax
in
insects.
See
Illust.
of
Coleoptera.
Mesonotum
::
Mesonotum
(n.) The
dorsal
portion
of the
mesothorax
of
insects.
Pneumatothorax
::
Pneumatothorax
(n.) See
Pneumothorax.
Baenosome
::
Baenosome
(n.) The
thorax
of
Arthropods.
Mesothoracic
::
Mesothoracic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
mesothorax.
Pleura
::
Pleura
(n. fem.) The
smooth
serous
membrane
which
closely
covers
the lungs and the
adjacent
surfaces
of the
thorax;
the
pleural
membrane.
Mediastinum
::
Mediastinum
(n.) A
partition;
a
septum;
specifically,
the folds of the
pleura
(and the space
included
between
them) which
divide
the
thorax
into a right and left
cavity.
The space
included
between
these folds of the
pleura,
called
the
mediastinal
space,
contains
the heart and gives
passage
to the
esophagus
and great blood
vessels..
Endothorax
::
Endothorax
(n.) An
internal
process
of the
sternal
plates
in the
thorax
of
insects.
Spiracle
::
Spiracle
(n.) One of the
external
openings
communicating
with the air tubes or
tracheae
of
insects,
myriapods,
and
arachnids.
They are
variable
in
number,
and are
usually
situated
on the sides of the
thorax
and
abdomen,
a pair to a
segment.
These
openings
are
usually
elliptical,
and
capable
of being
closed.
See
Illust.
under
Coleoptera..
Arthrostraca
::
Arthrostraca
(n. pl.) One of the
larger
divisions
of
Crustacea,
so
called
because
the
thorax
and
abdomen
are both
segmented;
Tetradecapoda.
It
includes
the
Amphipoda
and
Isopoda..
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