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Thorax

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. Bc'opaE, breastplate, also the part of the body covered by it), the anatomical term for the chest, that part of the body which contains the heart and lungs (see Anatomy: Superficial and Artistic, and Skeleton: Axial). For the surgery of the thorax reference may be made to the headings Heart, Lung and Respiratory System.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Thorax'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​t/thorax.html. 1910.
 
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