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The thorax is the human chest, or division of an animal's body that lies between the head and the abdomen.

Thorax may also refer to:

• The thorax in arthropods, see Thorax (arthropod anatomy)
• Thorax (θώραξ), the Ancient Greek term for cuirass/breastplate
  • Linothorax, Ancient Greek armour composed of linen
  • Thorakitai, Hellenistic soldiers equipped with mail
• Thorax porcellana, a species of cockroach

People

• Thorax of Larissa, an ancient Greek noble of the 5th century BC
• Thorax of Lacedaemonia, a Lacedaemonian commander of the late 5th/early 4th century BC
• Thorax, who commissioned the 10th Pythian Ode of Pindar, in which the names of Thorax and his lover Hippocleas are immortalized

Journal

• Thorax (journal). medical journal

Geography

• Thorax (Aetolia), a town of ancient Aetolia, Greece