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Definition of thorax

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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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Post-abdomen :: Post-abdomen (n.) That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more commonly called abdomen.

Breast :: Breast (n.) Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat..

Echoscope :: Echoscope (n.) An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.

Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.

Chest :: Chest (n.) The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.

Metasternum :: Metasternum (n.) The ventral plate of the third or last segment of the thorax of insects.

Abdomen :: Abdomen (n.) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda..

Thoracic :: Thoracic (a.) Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest..

Corselet :: Corselet (n.) The thorax of an insect.

Endothorax :: Endothorax (n.) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.

Scutum :: Scutum (n.) The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under Thorax.

Trunk :: Trunk (n.) That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus..

Baenosome :: Baenosome (n.) The thorax of Arthropods.

Mesonotum :: Mesonotum (n.) The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.

Pyopneumothorax :: Pyopneumothorax (n.) Accumulation of air, or other gas, and of pus, in the pleural cavity..

Entothorax :: Entothorax (n.) See Endothorax.

Interthoracic :: Interthoracic (a.) In the thorax.

Haematothorax :: Haematothorax (n.) Same as Hemothorax.

Mesothoracic :: Mesothoracic (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesothorax.

Pronotum :: Pronotum (n.) The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.