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Thorax is an English word with synonyms like chest or pectus. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Thorax meaning

  1. The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
  2. The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.

Synonyms of Thorax

body part chest pectus

Using Thorax

  • The main meaning on this page is: The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs. | The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.
  • Useful related words include: body part, chest, pectus.
  • In the example corpus, thorax often appears in combinations such as: the thorax, thorax and, thorax is.

Context around Thorax

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 15 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Thorax

  • In this selection, "thorax" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, journal, black, side, tightness, area and opened stand out and add context to how "thorax" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a black thorax or middle and abdomen and thorax was provided. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "thorax" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with thorax

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

In insects, the thorax is separated into different segments. (9 words)

Thorax The thorax is segmented into the two discernible parts, the pro- and pterathorax. (14 words)

All mosquitoes have slender bodies with three segments: a head, a thorax and an abdomen. (15 words)

Asian giant hornets can grow up to 2 inches long, which is twice as large as native bald-faced hornets, and Asian giants have orange heads, a black thorax – or middle section – and black and orange stripes on their abdomens. (40 words)

A medical cause of death of trauma to the abdomen and thorax was provided by Glan Clwyd pathologist Dr Mark Atkinson, who conducted the post mortem and also appeared as a witness at the inquest. (35 words)

Main difference between European Hornet and Asian Hornet is the latter is slightly smaller, has characteristic yellow legs, a dark velvety thorax and a dark abdomen with a distinctive yellow band on the fourth segment. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Thorax The thorax is segmented into the two discernible parts, the pro- and pterathorax.

A medical cause of death of trauma to the abdomen and thorax was provided by Glan Clwyd pathologist Dr Mark Atkinson, who conducted the post mortem and also appeared as a witness at the inquest.

The participants slept lying down so the findings may differ for those who fly economy, said a report in the journal Thorax by the team from the Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Cologne, Germany.

According to the findings, published in the journal Thorax, more than four out of five of passengers and crew who tested positive for the infection had no symptoms.

Asian giant hornets can grow up to 2 inches long, which is twice as large as native bald-faced hornets, and Asian giants have orange heads, a black thorax – or middle section – and black and orange stripes on their abdomens.

It’s that wavering, shaky voice that seems to emerge from somewhere unknowable within your thorax and bursts out at just the perfect moment to undermine your point.

Royals 3B Hunter Dozier left the game with right-side thorax tightness after swinging at a changeup, and was replaced in the lineup by Gordon.

Main difference between European Hornet and Asian Hornet is the latter is slightly smaller, has characteristic yellow legs, a dark velvety thorax and a dark abdomen with a distinctive yellow band on the fourth segment.

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All mosquitoes have slender bodies with three segments: a head, a thorax and an abdomen.

At the hospital doctors attempted to resuscitate Grace but because of the extent of not only her brain injury but injuries to her thorax and a femur fracture they were unable to save her life.

Furthermore, evidence also suggests that impact injuries to the thorax area highly correlate with the occurrence of a cervical-located syrinx.

He also demonstrated that a dog could be kept alive with its thorax opened, provided air was pumped in and out of its lungs, and noting the difference between venous and arterial blood.

In insects, the thorax is separated into different segments.

It describes the body in the order followed in Mondino's dissections, starting with the abdomen, then the thorax, then the head and limbs.

It has been determined that those five sensory fields all project to the thorax in a "region-specific" way and afferents originating from the fore wing were also shown to converge in the same regions.

Like all insects, beetles' bodies are divided into three sections: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen.

Mammals breathe with lungs and have a muscular diaphragm separating the thorax from the abdomen which helps them draw air into the lungs.

Many species such as the rhinoceros beetle have large protrusions from their thorax and head, which can be used to defend themselves from predators.

Originally, it was believed that the front legs of the animal had to be sprawling at angles from the thorax in order to better bear the weight of the head.

Side of thorax, showing surface markings for bones, lungs (purple), pleura (blue), and spleen (green).

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Common combinations with thorax

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "thorax" in a sentence?
An example: "Thorax The thorax is segmented into the two discernible parts, the pro- and pterathorax." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "thorax" from authentic English texts.
What does "thorax" mean?
Thorax means: The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
What are synonyms of "thorax"?
Common synonyms of "thorax" include: body part, chest, pectus.
How many example sentences with "thorax" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "thorax", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.