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The lungs are located in the THORAX, within the rib cage, which is designed to protect the soft and fragile lungs from injury. There is a left and a right lung, and each lung has several compartments, or lobes.
When a person has broken a rib, it actually is possible for that broken edge of the rib to puncture the lung on the side of the break, which is why it is customary to get an x-ray of the area after an injury. Fortunately, such complications occur infrequently and most broken or "cracked" ribs will heal after several weeks without requiring any treatment or intervention, although in the meantime there is associated discomfort when attempting to lay on that side or sometimes when taking a deep breath.
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∙ 12y agoThoracic cavity
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∙ 12y agoIts called chest cavity.
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∙ 13y agoThe thoracic cavity.
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∙ 13y agoThey are found in the chest cavity.
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∙ 11y agoThoracic cavity.
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∙ 11y agothe thoracic cavity
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∙ 14y agoThoracic.
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How many cavities are present in the body?
There are four main cavities in the human body: cranial cavity (contains the brain), thoracic cavity (contains the heart and lungs), abdominal cavity (contains the digestive organs), and pelvic cavity (contains the reproductive organs).
What cavity contains the lungs and what structure divides it from the abdominal cavity?
The lungs and heart are found in the thoracic cavity and that cavity is superior to the diaphragm.
What body cavity are the lungs located in?
The lungs are located in the thoracic body cavity which is a division of the ventral cavity.Thoracic
What is the vital cavity?
This another name for the thoracic cavity. The thoracic cavity contains the heart and lungs.
Which body cavity houses the heart lung and aorta?
The thoracic cavity contains the heart and lungs. The large artery (aorta) that comes off the heart is there as well.
What cavity houses the lungs?
The thoracic cavity is the anatomical region with the lungs being situated inside the right and left pleural cavities that flank the pericardial cavity .
What is the pleural chest cavity?
The lungs
What cavity contains the mediastinum?
The mediastinum contains the heart and its large vessels, the trachea, thymus, lymph nodes, aorta, esophagus and bronchi. It is divided into superior and inferior regions, the latter subdivided into anterior, middle, and posterior parts.
What body cavity contains rectum?
in the pelvic cavity
What is the body cavity that contains the intestines is the?
peritoneal cavity
What is the body cavity that contains the abdomen?
This is the abdominal cavity.
What body cavity contains the hypothalamus?
cranial cavity
