thoracic

• “This is, again, just briefly, what we call the thoracic unit.”

  CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2001

• “The space which it incloses, known as the thoracic cavity, is”

  Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools

• “The length of that portion of the aorta which is called thoracic, is determined by the position of the pillars of the diaphragm F, which span the vessel; and from this point to where the aorta divides into the two common iliac arteries, the main vessel is named abdominal.”

  Surgical Anatomy

• “The Subclavius is suplied by a filament from the fifth and sixth cervical nerves; the Serratus anterior is supplied by the long thoracic, which is derived from the fifth, sixth, and seventh cervical nerves.”

  IV. Myology. The Muscles Connecting the Upper Extremity to the Anterior and Lateral Thoracic Walls

• “While the maggot breathes by its tail-spiracles, the functional spiracles of the puparium (connected with the tracheal system of the enclosed pupa) are far forward, and these may be situated at the tips of long sometimes branching processes, which recall the thoracic gills of the aquatic pupae mentioned a few pages above.”

  The Life-Story of Insects

• “The thorax is that portion of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, the cavity of which (known as the thoracic cavity) is occupied mainly by the lungs and heart.”

  The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath

• “The upper division, breast (thorax,) contains the heart and lungs, called the thoracic viscera; and the lower division, belly (abdomen) contains the stomach, kidneys, liver, intestines, &c., called abdominal viscera.”

  The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.

• “From the top of the central piece -- technically termed thoracic -- of the insect's body, from which the legs descend, two or more membraneous sails arise, which are able to beat the air by repeated strokes, and to make it, consequently, uphold their own weight, as well as that of the burden connected with them.”

  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852

• “Christo started using Botox about four years ago to treat a condition called thoracic outlet syndrome, a common condition that involves compression of nerves between the base of the neck and armpit.”

  ThirdAge

• “An aneurysm that occurs in the part of the aorta that's in the chest is called a thoracic”

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