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Definition of thorax
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Thorax
(n.) The
second,
or
middle,
region
of the body of a
crustacean,
arachnid,
or other
articulate
animal.
In the case of
decapod
Crustacea,
some
writers
include
under the term
thorax
only the three
segments
bearing
the
maxillipeds;
others
include
also the five
segments
bearing
the legs. See
Illust.
in
Appendix..
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Interthoracic
::
Interthoracic
(a.) In the
thorax.
Hydrothorax
::
Hydrothorax
(n.) An
accumulation
of
serous
fluid in the
cavity
of the
chest.
Echoscope
::
Echoscope
(n.) An
instrument
for
intensifying
sounds
produced
by
percussion
of the
thorax.
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..
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.
Cephalothorax
::
Cephalothorax
(n.) The
anterior
portion
of any one of the
Arachnida
and
higher
Crustacea,
consisting
of the
united
head and
thorax..
Metasternum
::
Metasternum
(n.) The
ventral
plate of the third or last
segment
of the
thorax
of
insects.
Baenosome
::
Baenosome
(n.) The
thorax
of
Arthropods.
Thoracoplasty
::
Thoracoplasty
(n.) A
remodeling
or
reshaping
of the
thorax;
especially,
the
operation
of
removing
the ribs, so as to
obliterate
the
pleural
cavity
in cases of
empyema..
Pleurobranch
::
Pleurobranch
(n.) Any one of the gills of a
crustacean
that is
attached
to the side of the
thorax.
Endothorax
::
Endothorax
(n.) An
internal
process
of the
sternal
plates
in the
thorax
of
insects.
Truncus
::
Truncus
(n.) The
thorax
of an
insect.
See
Trunk,
n., 5..
Pyopneumothorax
::
Pyopneumothorax
(n.)
Accumulation
of air, or other gas, and of pus, in the
pleural
cavity..
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..
Prothoracic
::
Prothoracic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
prothorax.
Endophragma
::
Endophragma
(n.) A
chitinous
structure
above the
nervous
cord in the
thorax
of
certain
Crustacea.
Metathorax
::
Metathorax
(n.) The last or
posterior
segment
of the
thorax
in
insects.
See
Illust.
of
Coleoptera.
Mesothoracic
::
Mesothoracic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
mesothorax.
Elater
::
Elater
(n.) Any
beetle
of the
family
Elateridae,
having
the
habit,
when laid on the back, of
giving
a
sudden
upward
spring,
by a quick
movement
of the
articulation
between
the
abdomen
and
thorax;
--
called
also click
beetle,
spring
beetle,
and
snapping
beetle..
Bust
::
Bust (n.) The
portion
of the human
figure
included
between
the head and
waist,
whether
in
statuary
or in the
person;
the chest or
thorax;
the upper part of the trunk of the
body..
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