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Definition of Thoracic cavity

1. Noun. The cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart.

Medical Definition of Thoracic cavity

1. The space within the thoracic walls, bounded below by the diaphragm and above by the neck. Synonym: cavitas thoracis, cavum thoracis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoracic Cavity

Literary usage of Thoracic cavity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"thoracic cavity. Before the dissection of the interior of the thorax is commenced it is necessary that the dissectors should have some general knowledge of ..."

2. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"Unless the laceration is extremely small, protrusion of the stomach or some other viscera into the thoracic cavity will almost invariably result, ..."

3. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"This is divided by the diaphragm into two parts, the thoracic cavity and the ... "The thoracic cavity is bounded by the thoracic vertebrae, the ribs, ..."

4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"thoracic cavity. The arrangement of the two pleural sacs must now engage the attention of the student; but in order that the relations of these may be ..."

5. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1840)
"The whole of the left thoracic cavity was filled with the small intestines, the development of the lung on that side having been arrested almost at its ..."

6. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"thoracic cavity. Before the dissection of the interior of the thorax is commenced it is necessary that ..."

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