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Pleural :: Pleural (a.) Of or pertaining to the pleura or pleurae, or to the sides of the thorax..

Mesosternum :: Mesosternum (n.) The ventral piece of the middle segment of the thorax in insects.

Prothorax :: Prothorax (n.) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of Butterfly and 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..

Prophragma :: Prophragma (n.) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.

Disjunct :: Disjunct (a.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction..

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

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

Cucullated :: Cucullated (a.) Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain 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..

Pneumatograph :: Pneumatograph (n.) An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax or chest wall during respiration; -- also called stethograph.

Rib :: Rib (n.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

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

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.

Stethoscope :: Stethoscope (n.) An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax..

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..

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

Entothorax :: Entothorax (n.) See Endothorax.

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..

Apodeme :: Apodeme (n.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea..

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