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What is a thorax?

What is a thorax? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
  2. (entomology and arachnology) The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body.
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There are four pairs of biramous cephalic appendages, which differ only very slightly from the appendages of the thorax.
Internally, the thorax houses the large muscles that control the wings and legs.
A metastatic work-up, including a bone scan and a computed tomographic scan of the thorax and abdomen, was negative.
A roentgenogram of the thorax revealed a large mediastinal mass, suggestive of lymph node enlargement.
Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare, primitive primary neoplasm of the thorax in young children.
It has three pairs of true legs on the thorax and five pairs of fleshy prolegs on the abdomen.

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