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What is the name of the skeletal structure which surrounds the chest cavity?
The skeletal structure that surrounds the chest cavity is called the ribcage. It is made up of the ribs, sternum, and thoracic vertebrae, providing protection for the organs within the chest cavity.
What part of the respiratory system contracts when you inhale?
answer: diaphragm at the bottom of the chest cavity is a muscle called the diaphragm. when the diapragm contracts, the chest cavity becomes larger.
What is the cavity inside the trunk of the body?
The cavity inside the trunk of the body is called the thoracic cavity. It houses the heart and lungs and is surrounded by the ribs and chest muscles. The diaphragm separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity below.
What happens to the size of the chest cavity as you inhale?
The movement of the diaphragm affects the size of the chest cavity by when you inhale the chest cavity enlarges, but when you exhale the chest cavity becomes smaller.
Cavity below the chest containing digestive organs?
The cavity below the chest that contains digestive organs is called the abdominal cavity. It houses organs like the stomach, liver, intestines, and pancreas, which play crucial roles in digestion, absorption of nutrients, and waste elimination. The abdominal cavity is protected by the abdominal muscles and lined with a membrane called the peritoneum.
What is a thorachotomy?
A thoracotomy is a surgical procedure to gain access to the organs in the chest cavity: the lungs, heart, and esophagus, In lay terms it is known as 'cracking the chest' because it involves separating the ribs or cutting through the mediastinum.
What is it called when the diaphragm relaxes and the chest cavity becomes smaller?
During exhalation the diaphragm relaxes and the chest cavity gets smaller.
What cavity are the lung and heart in?
Chest cavity
What is Empyema in the pleural cavity also called?
Empyema in the pleural cavity is sometimes called empyema thoracis, or empyema of the chest
What is the space called between the lungs and chest?
The mediastinum.
What parts of the respiratory system when you inhale?
answer: diaphragm at the bottom of the chest cavity is a muscle called the diaphragm. when the diapragm contracts, the chest cavity becomes larger.
What is the name of the skeletal structure which surrounds the chest cavity?
The skeletal structure that surrounds the chest cavity is called the ribcage. It is made up of the ribs, sternum, and thoracic vertebrae, providing protection for the organs within the chest cavity.
What is the dome shaped sheet of muscle they forms the bitten of the chest cavity?
What is the dome-shaped sheet of muscle that forms the bottom of the chest cavity?The dome-shaped sheet of muscle that forms the bottom of the chest cavity is called Diaphragm.
How many cavities does the thoracic cavity have?
The thoracic cavity is just one large cavity. It is smaller than the abdominopelvic (otherwise called just the abdominal) cavity. The thoracic cavity is called your chest.
What part of the respiratory system contracts when you inhale?
answer: diaphragm at the bottom of the chest cavity is a muscle called the diaphragm. when the diapragm contracts, the chest cavity becomes larger.
What is the cavity in the chest called?
The Thoracic Cavity. More specifically, the Left and Right Pleural Cavities. Both answers would be correct, but some teachers/professors prefer the more specific one.
What word reflects the relationship between the heart and the chest cavity?
The heart is within the chest cavity. It is located medially in the chest cavity.
