Thorax

{thof-raks) \p(opa^\ The chest; the framework of bones and soft ti ues, bounded by the diaphragm below, the ribs and sternum in front, the ribs and dorsal portion of the vertebral column behind, and above by the structures in the lower part of the neck, and containing the heart enclosed in the pericardium, the lungs invested by the pleura, and the mediastinal structures. T., Regions of. See Regions. Thorn-apple. See Stramonium. Thornwaldt’s Disease. See Diseases, Table of. Thorough-wort. See Eupatorhtm. Thought-transference. See Telepathy. Thread-worm. See Oxyuris. Three-day Fever. Synonym of Dengue. 625