Thoracic Cavity

The thoracic cavity is the chamber of the human body (and other animal bodies) that is enclosed by the ribcage and the diaphragm. It houses

the lungs,
the heart,
the thoracic aorta,
the main pulmonary artery and its branches,
the thymus gland,
the trachea and bronchi and
the esophagus.

It contains the potential space called the pleural cavity and the mediastinum.

If the thoracic cavity is breached from the outside, as by a bullet wound or knife wound, a pneumothorax, or air in the cavity, usually results, often leading to one or both lungs collapsing and requiring immediate medical attention.

Commercial Usage: Thoracic Cavity

Domain	Title
Books	Thoracic Surgery: Surgical Procedures on the Chest and Thoracic Cavity (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Thoracic Cavity

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	The iron lung encased the thoracic cavity externally in an air-tight chamber. The chamber was used to create a negative pressure around the thoracic cavity, thereby causing air to rush into the lungs to equalize intrapulmonary pressure.Credit: CDC.
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Modern Translations: Thoracic Cavity

Language		Translations for "thoracic cavity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏قفص صدري (chest, thorax). (various references)

Danish		brysthule. (various references)

Dutch		borstholte (chest). (various references)

French		thorax (thorax), cavité thoracique. (various references)

German		Brusthöhle. (various references)

Greek		θωρακική κοιλότητα. (various references)

Italian		cavità toracica. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		胸腔 (thorax). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きょうくう (thorax), きょうこう (consternation, crime, enforcement, famine, firm, forcing, height of a mirror stand, murder, panic, poor crops, Pope, scare, strong, stubborn, thorax, unbending, unyielding, vigorous, violence). (various references)

Pig Latin		oracicthay avitycay

Portuguese		caixa torácica. (various references)

Spanish		cavidad torácica. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: Thoracic Cavity

Anagrams: Thoracic Cavity

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-h-i-i-o-r-t-t-v-y"
	-5 letters: activator, cathartic, trachytic, vorticity.
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