Meaning | The bony enclosing wall of the chest. | |
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Part of | axial skeleton | The part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs |
thorax, chest, pectus | The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates | |
Broader | skeletal structure | Any structure created by the skeleton of an organism |
Spanish | caja torácica, caja toraxica | |
Catalan | caixa toràcica |
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