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Identification
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| Official Latin term |
thorax 
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| Official term |
thorax
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| Unit identifier | TAH:U60 |
| Unit type | single |
| Materiality | material |
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Navigation
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| Link to the unit |
thorax
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| Entity-oriented links | Universal page Definition page |
| External links | TA98 FMA PubMed |
| Partonomic links | Level 2: cardinal parts of human body Short Extended |
| Level 3: trunk | |
| Taxonomic links | Level 1: subdivision of cardinal part of human body Short Extended |
| Taxonomic links | Level 2: subdivision of trunk |
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Taxonomic definition
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| Taxonomic definition |
The thorax is a subdivision of anterior part of trunk [divisio partis anterioris trunci ] which is spatially associated with the thoracic column and the ribcage and surrounded by skin, superiorly demarcated from the neck by the plane of the superior thoracic aperture and inferiorly by the diaphragm.
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| Encyclopedic definition | the part of the body between the neck and the thoracic diaphragm, encased by the ribs. |
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Partonomy
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Taxonomy
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| FMA:62955 | |
| FMA:61775 | |
| FMA:67165 | |
| FMA:305751 | |
| FMA:67135 | |
| FMA:67504 | |
| FMA:231430 | |
| FMA:25054 | |
| FMA:329023 | |
| FMA:9576 |
 thorax
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| Date: 14.06.2026 |