thoral

[Lat. thorus, torus =a couch, a bed.) 1. Of or pertaining to a bed. "The punishment of adultery... was sometimes made by a thoral separation." - Auliffe: Parergon. 2. Appellative of a line in the hand; called also the Mark of Venus. thör-ax, s. (Lat., from Gr. thorax the chest, a breastplate.] 1. Anatomy : (1) Human : The breast, and specially the bones inclosing it. It is somewhat conical, with convex by the first ravertebra, heart, pairob walls. Its upper opening is contracted, and bounded and the manubrium of the sternum. Its inferior margin slopes downward on each side to the twelfth rib; its longitudinal axis is directed upward and somewhat backward; its transverse diameter at the widest part greatly exceeds the distance from the breast to the back. It consists of the dorsal vertebræ, the sternum, the ribs, and the costal cartilages, and cor, ains the lungs, the heart, . The muscles of the thorax are: The intercostals, the levatores costarum , the subcostals, the triangular is stern i , with which may be included the diaphragm. (2) Compar.: The part of the trunk above or anterior to the diaphragm. 2. Entom .: The central division of the body of insects. It is formed of three consolidated somites or segments; the prothorax, the mesothorax, and the metathorax. *3. Old Armor : A breastplate, cuira , or corslet; more especially the cuira or corselet worn by the Greek Warrior, wearing Thorax. ancient Greeks, corresponding to the lorica of the Romans. It consisted of a breast and a backpiece fastened by buckles, and was often richly ornamented.