Thorax is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for THORAX in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the part of the body between the neck and the abdomen
• the part of the body of a mammal between the neck and the abdomen, including the cavity enclosed by the ribs, breastbone, and dorsal vertebrae, and containing the chief organs of circulation and respiration; the chest.
• the part of a bird, reptile, amphibian, or fish that corresponds to the human thorax.
• the middle section of the body of an insect, between the head and the abdomen, bearing the legs and wings.
• The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest.
• 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.
• The second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs. See Illust. in Appendix.
• A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks.
• the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen
• the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
• part of an insect\'s body that bears the wings and legs
• part of the body between the neck and the abdomen

Words related to THORAX

thoraces13 thoraxes18

Words that contain THORAX

thoraxes18 prothorax21 mesothorax22 metathorax22 hydrothorax28 prothoraxes23 mesothoraxes24 metathoraxes24 pneumothorax26 cephalothorax30 hydrothoraxes30 pneumothoraxes28 cephalothoraxes32

How to use THORAX in a sentence

• Insects are made up of a head, thorax and an abdomen.
• He felt as if an enormous weight, as if the whole house, had fallen down upon his chest, so that the thorax, flattened down, touched the back.
• No sooner had he ceased than up got Thorax the Boeotian.
• The dilated sides of thorax meeting in front, and projecting beyond head, a short spine in the middle near the hind margin.
• Thorax wider than long, somewhat narrower in front than behind.
• The diaphragm is the movable floor to the thorax or box that encloses the lungs.
• The diaphragm is more arched before than after respiration, and rises higher in the thorax in the former case than in the latter.
• The abdominal muscles compress the abdomen and force up the diaphragm which is now relaxed, thus lessening the depth of the thorax.
• Constant exposure to these weapons on the part of the pedestrian will harden the walls of the thorax and abdomen until the coming man will be an impervious man.
• This round portion corresponds to the thorax of the insect and has four pairs of legs attached to it.
• The head and thorax are of the colour of the wings, their sides and the conical abdomen being rather lighter.
• Thorax above black, sides and a narrow line down the middle yellow.
• The head is coarsely punctured, the thorax minutely chagrined with a deep indented spot on each side behind the middle.
• Thorax black, punctured and hairy, a short narrow smooth line on the back behind.
• His extremities were large, his limbs long, his face small, and his thorax very partially developed, especially in girth.
• The abdomen, as well as the thorax, is always quite densely covered with hair, which may be black or yellowish or in bands of either color.
• On this segment they are more dense and of the same tawny color as those on the thorax.

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