Thorax (disambiguation)

The thorax is the human chest, or division of an animal's body that lies between the head and the abdomen.

Look up Thorax or thorax in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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

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

Thorax (journal). medical journal

Geography

Thorax (Aetolia), a town of ancient Aetolia, Greece

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