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The chest or rib cage; also refers to the space containing the lungs and heart. There are 12 vertebral segments and ribs; the lower two are called floating ribs.
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The chest region of a vertebrate animal, or the central segment of the body of an insect, crustacean or other arthropod.
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The middle section of an insect's body. The legs and wings attach here.
Ãâó: www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpag...
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In many arthropods, one of three regions formed by the fusion of the segments (others are the head and abdomen).
Ãâó: www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBook...
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(Fishing) the part of an artificial fly or real insect that relates to the "shoulders and chest" of a fly.
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