The thorax is the human chest, or division of an animal's body that lies between the head and the abdomen.
Thorax may also refer to:
- The thorax in arthropods, see Thorax (arthropod anatomy)
- Thorax (θώραξ), the Ancient Greek term for cuirass/breastplate
- Linothorax, Ancient Greek armour composed of linen
- Thorakitai, Hellenistic soldiers equipped with mail
- Thorax porcellana, a species of cockroach
People edit
- Thorax of Larissa, an ancient Greek noble of the 5th century BC
- Thorax of Lacedaemonia, a Lacedaemonian commander of the late 5th/early 4th century BC
- Thorax, who commissioned the 10th Pythian Ode of Pindar, in which the names of Thorax and his lover Hippocleas are immortalized
Journal edit
- Thorax (journal). medical journal
Geography edit
- Thorax (Aetolia), a town of ancient Aetolia, Greece
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