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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a thorax of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to anatomy, biology, or descriptions of certain organisms or structures.
Example: "The scientist examined a thorax of the insect under the microscope to study its anatomy."
Alternatives: "a body of" or "a chest of".
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Total RNA was extracted from half a thorax of an adult in 1 ml of Trizol (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) following the manufacturers protocol.
The trunk of up to 22 undifferentiated segments strongly differs from that of Malacostraca, which is consistently differentiated into a thorax of eight segments and a pleon of six (sometimes five in Eumalacostraca) or seven (Phyllocarida).
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There is often a supplementary pleasure in finding where the signature of the carver is placed, on the sole of a sandal, the end of a branch, the thorax of a hornet.
In the class Malacostraca, which includes the decapods, there is a consistent body plan: the trunk (which follows the head) is divided into two distinct regions, an anterior thorax of eight somites and a posterior abdomen of seven somites, although as a rule only six are evident in the adult.
Each subsample consisted of a thorax and six legs of a single individual ant selected to be ca. 1 mg to provide sufficient mass for accurate determination of isotope ratios.
The bodies of those insects were divided then, as now, into a head bearing one pair of antennae, a thorax with three pairs of legs, and a segmented abdomen.
The surface temperature of a thorax heated to 40 °C at an ambient temperature of 21.5 °C is ∼1 °C below the subcuticular temperature (Stabentheiner & Schmaranzer, 1987; B. Heinrich, pers. comm).
Using software and CT images of a patient, a soft-tissue model of a thorax was designed and then printed using a 3D printer.
On one wall is "Birdsong," an all-green canvas from 1998 that looks vaguely like the X-ray of a thorax.
Measuring up to 15 mm (0.6 inch) in length, the body of the brine shrimp has a discrete head with a nauplius (larval) eye and stalked compound eyes, a thorax bearing a series of leaflike limbs, and a slender abdomen without appendages.
The body comprises a head, a thorax bearing 11 pairs of appendages, and a seven-segmented abdomen.
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