On a chest x-ray, this means that the bones are seen as normal, without pathology.
The meaning of bony thorax intact is that all bones in the chest area have no fractures. This term is used by radiologist.
When referring to a radiographic image, or x-ray, bony thorax is intact simply refers to the bones are present without fracture. This means that there is no pathological condition or abnormalities found.
Grossly preserved means that to the naked eye, it looks intact.
In radiology interpretations, this is terminology meaning that the soft tissue and bony thorax is normal. (Since there are normal age-related changes, the reading is customarily reported with this kind of phrase.)
It means that there are no problems obvious tot he naked eye.
Your eyes, when looking straight forward, can normally see an area comparable to a half-circle from left to right. The areas left and right of your direct line of vision in front of you are the areas of your 'peripheral vision'. If these are 'grossly intact' it's good news, 'grossly' meaning 'roughly speaking'.
Cognition is how you process information and perceive things in relation to you, other processes are involved though wiki for more information. If something is grossly intact. It means it deviates very little from the norm. So basically from a viewing a doctor thought your mind processed information in a normal way.
This note is good news; it means the physical examination of the function of your cranial nerves was normal.
Gross means appearance without the aid of a magnifying instrument. An example of this is gross anatomy, which is a study of how the body looks without the aid of a microscope. Grossly maintained means that upon initial inspection it was maintained
pancreas grossly normal
Grossly tender means it obviously hurts when touched.
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