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• n  the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen
• n  the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
• n  part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs

• Acting through elastic structures in the thorax wall, one muscle set draws the wings up, the other pulls them down.
• The medical examiner's report attributed her death to "internal hemorrhaging due to a crushed thorax and to a phenomenon of deceleration which caused a rupture of the left .
• Scattered in heaps within the skeleton's ribs, arranged in lines beneath the thorax and shoulders as though dropped from decayed strings, lay quarts and quarts of finest pierced .

• chest
• pectus

News & Articles

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• This Week’s Creature Feature ... Eastern Eyed Click Beetles
  Masters of acrobatic antics Michelle Steel Snapping a spine under their thorax helps Eastern eyed click beetles turn right side up. It also gives them part of their odd name, which describes the loud click made by their flipping maneuver.     The eye in the name comes from the two white eyespots on the tops of their upper bodies. These eyes make the beetle look a bit like the head of a snake, to ...
  July 4, 2013 - Bay Weekly
• More aggressive Asian tiger mosquito starting to invade Michigan
  The Asian tiger mosquito which feeds throughout the day and is identifiable by its striped thorax and legs was first brought to the U.S. in 1985. It has primarily been found in the south, throughout Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas.
  July 3, 2013 - The Holland Sentinel

Quotes

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• Rubens Barrichello in Malaysia Star
  I had been diagnosed with a head trauma, right arm fracture, severe contusions on my spinal cord and on the right side of the thorax, a fractured nose and face, as well as mouth swelling,said Barrichello after flipping his Jordan car at...