thorax

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They take these antibiotics from the metapleural gland, which is located on the side of their thorax.

From Science Daily • Jan. 2, 2024

They’re mostly black except for yellow splotches on the top of their thorax and heads.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023

Then the researchers studied each specimen directly and took a piece of its thorax for DNA sequencing.

From Scientific American • Mar. 8, 2023

Another intern taught her how to spread the jam evenly, monitor the drying process, then use tweezers to assemble the head, thorax, abdomen and wings.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023

In some mutants, whole segments of the embryo disappeared, or the thorax or abdominal compartments were drastically shortened—analogous to a human fetus born with no middle or with no hind segment.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee