chest cavity(n = noun.body) thoracic cavity - the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart;
is a kind of bodily cavity, cavity, cavum
is a part of chest, pectus, thorax
has parts: mediastinum

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