Thorax Definition

thôrăks
thoraces, thoraxes
noun
thoraxes
The part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm, partially encased by the ribs and containing the heart and lungs; the chest.
American Heritage Medicine
In tetrapods, including humans,
Webster's New World
In arthropods, the body segment, between the head and abdomen, to which the legs are attached.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Thorax

Noun

Singular:
thorax
Plural:
thoraces, thoraxes

Origin of Thorax

  • Middle English from Latin thōrāx breastplate, chest from Greek

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek θώραξ (thōraks, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”)

    From Wiktionary

Thorax Sentence Examples

  • Each segment of the thorax carries a pair of legs.

  • No distinction between head, thorax and abdomen can be observed.

  • The larvae are remarkable for their small head, very broad thorax, with reduced legs, and narrow elongate abdomen.

  • In the adult state no insect possesses more than six legs, and they are always attached to the thorax; in many Thysanura there are, however, processes on the abdomen that, as to their position, are similar to legs.

  • Many of them, like ungulates, are specialized for swift running, and have unusually long limbs, with ridges developed on the articular surfaces of the lower bones; the clavicles are more or less reduced; the thorax is more compressed than usual, with a narrower breast-bone; and there is a marked tendency to the reduction or loss of the lateral toes, more especially in the hind limb.

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