Thorax
Of body part, vertebrate and trunk. May also be referred to as chest and pectus.
The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
This concept's ID is @1~30257
Axial Skeleton
- sternum
The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs.
- rib cage
The bony enclosing wall of the chest.
Also contains
- pectoral
Either of two large muscles of the chest.
- breast
The front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger".
- chest cavity
The cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the...
- thoracic aorta
A branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteries.
- gallbladder
A muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until...
- bust
The chest of a woman.
- male chest
The chest of a man.
- thoracic vein
Veins that drain the thoracic walls.
- area of cardiac dullness
A triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion)...