thorax

The thorax (: thoraces or thoraxes) or chest is a part of the anatomy of mammals and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen.

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The thorax, also called the chest, is the section of your body that sits between your neck and your abdomen. It's an important anatomical region found in mammals and other four-legged animals.

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Anatomy.Caption2: Surface projections of the organs of the trunk, with the thorax or chest region seen stretching down to approximately the end of the oblique lung fissure anteriorly, but more deeply its lower limit rather corresponds to the upper border of the liver.
Anatomy.Name: ThoraxChest
Anatomy.Latin: thorax
Anatomy.Greek: θώραξ
Anatomy.Image: Chest.jpg
Anatomy.Caption: X-ray image of the human chest showing the internal anatomy of the rib cage, lungs and heart as well as the inferior thoracic border–made up of the diaphragm.
Anatomy.Image2: Surface projections of the organs of the trunk.png

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Research

87,752 papers

Measuring the frequency response of the honeybee thorax.Bioinspiration & biomimetics · 2020Jankauski MADOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ab835b
Magnetic resonance imaging of the thorax.ReviewThe American review of respiratory disease · 1989Gamsu G, Sostman DDOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/139.1.254
Magnetic resonance imaging of the thorax.ReviewJournal of thoracic imaging · 1989Swensen SJ, Ehman RL, Brown LRDOI: 10.1097/00005382-198904000-00007
[Thorax Deformities].Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke · 1948HAGTVET J
[Thorax pyramidalis].Pathologie et biologie · 1961CZITA K, CZIRNER J
[Thorax Pseudorachiticus].Annales paediatrici. International review of pediatrics · 1946TEZNER O
Magnetic resonance imaging of the thorax. Past, present, and future.ReviewRadiologic clinics of North America · 2000Hatabu H, Stock KW, Sher S et al.DOI: 10.1016/s0033-8389(05)70187-1
Study on Thorax Attenuation Tomography Using Low-frequency Ultrasound Differential Imaging.Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference · 2024Zhang T, Shi H, Guo R et al.DOI: 10.1109/EMBC53108.2024.10782853

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Contents

Etymology
Humans
Structure
Contents
Chest
Bones
Landmarks
Clinical significance
Injury
Pain
Non-cardiac causes
Atelectasis
Pneumothorax
Images
Tetrapods
Arthropods
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The thorax (: thoraces or thoraxes) or chest is a part of the anatomy of mammals and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen.

In insects, crustaceans, and the extinct trilobites, the thorax is one of the three main divisions of the body, each in turn composed of multiple segments.