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The pleural cavity, also known as the thoracic cavity, is where the lungs and the heart are located.

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What organ are in the pleural?

The pleural cavity, also known as the thoracic cavity, is where the lungs and the heart are located.


Where is the pleural cavity located-?

The pleural cavity is located in between the visceral and parietal of the lungs.


Which cavities are lungs are found in?

The pleural cavities, ventral and thoracic


What major organ is surrounded by pleural membrane and are in the thoracic cavity?

The lungs are the major organs surrounded by the pleural membrane and located in the thoracic cavity. The pleural membrane helps protect and support the lungs while also allowing for expansion and contraction during breathing.


Is the cavity located between the lungs?

pleural cavity


Lungs are located where?

Lungs are located in the pleural cavities which are part of the thoracic cavity.


What is the pleural chest cavity?

The lungs


What is the cavity that surrounds the lungs?

pleural cavity.


Is Pyothorax an accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity?

Pyothorax is an accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity. Hemothorax is an accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.


What can the pleural cavity affect?

"The pleural cavity is the area surrounding the lungs. This is a vital region. Problems here can affect the lungs, heart, diaphram, and other organs centrally located."


The muscle that separates the abdominopelvic cavity from the pleural cavity is what?

The muscle that separates the abdomen pelvic cavity and the pleural cavity is the diaphragm.


What do the pleural cavities contain?

Pleural cavity is the potential space. There is no gap between the outer and the inner pleura. There is very little fluid in the pleural cavity. You have negative pressure in the pleural cavity.