Foundational Model of Anatomy

Last uploaded: May 13, 2019
Id http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma9576
http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma9576
Preferred Name

Thorax
Definitions
subdivision of front of trunk, each instance of which has as its constitutional part some complete set of thoracic vertebral bodies (T1-T12) and some ribcage. Examples: There is only one thorax. Old definition (retired 03-31-2017): Subdivision of trunk proper, which is demarcated from the neck by the plane of the superior thoracic aperture and from the abdomen internally by the inferior surface of the diaphragm and externally by the costal margin and associated with the thoracic vertebral column and ribcage and from the back of the thorax by the external surface of the posterolateral part of the rib cage, the anterior surface of the thoracic vertebral column and the posterior axillary lines; together with the abdomen and the perineum, it constitutes the trunk proper.
Synonyms
Chest
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

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definition

subdivision of front of trunk, each instance of which has as its constitutional part some complete set of thoracic vertebral bodies (T1-T12) and some ribcage. Examples: There is only one thorax.
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Thorax
comment
Old definition (retired 03-31-2017): Subdivision of trunk proper, which is demarcated from the neck by the plane of the superior thoracic aperture and from the abdomen internally by the inferior surface of the diaphragm and externally by the costal margin and associated with the thoracic vertebral column and ribcage and from the back of the thorax by the external surface of the posterolateral part of the rib cage, the anterior surface of the thoracic vertebral column and the posterior axillary lines; together with the abdomen and the perineum, it constitutes the trunk proper.
preferred name
Thorax
type
FMAID
9576
non-English equivalent
Dibdib
Pecho
prefixIRI
fma:fma9576
synonym
Chest
subClassOf
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