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What is the organs protected by the thoracic cage?
The heart and lungs.
What are the general functions of thoracic cage?
The thoracic cage protects the organs that are contained within it.
What are the two organs protected thoracic cage?
The heart and the lungs
What 2 organs are protected by the thoracic cage?
The heart and lungs.
What bone protects the lungs?
The rib cage is the group of bones that enclose the heart and lungs. It is also known as the thoracic cage and is a component of the respiratory system.
What structure protects the heart and lungs?
Sternum Rib Cage Spine Scapula Clavicle.
What organs are found in the thoracic cavity?
There is more than one organ in there... Mainly the heart and lungs, but there are also parts of the digestive tract.
What are the bones surrounding your lungs?
The lungs are surrounded by the bones of the thoracic cage. The thoracic cage consists of the following bones:12 pairs of rib12 thoracic vertebrasternum
What is protected by rib cage?
All thoracic (chest) structures including heart, lungs, diaphragm, great vessels.
Which cavity is surrounded by the rib cage and bounded inferiority by the diaphragm?
The thoracic cavity - it houses your lungs, heart, esophagus.
What bones protect your lungs heart?
Ribs, spine, and breastbone (sternum) make up the ribcage (or thoracic cage) - a cage of bone that surrounds the thoracic cavity (the space in your chest where the heart and lungs are). These bones are durable and flexible, deformable enough to allow the chest to expand and contract while breathing, but tough enough to protect the heart and lungs against trauma or crushing.
What structures do the vertebral column and thoracic cage protect?
Spinal cord for the vertebral column and heart, lungs, thymus and other small structures of the chest cavity for the rib cage
