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- Brusthöhle | Cavitas thoracis
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- Definition die von der Thoraxwand umschlossene, gegen die Bauchhöhle durch das Zwerchfell abgegrenzte, von der Fascia endothoracia ausgekleidete, die Brustorgane enthaltende Höhle Reference "Roche Lexikon Medizin, Urban & Fischer: 2003, 5. Aufl., s. v. „C. thoracis“, www.roche.de&content=/lexikon/suche.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.roche.de/lexikon/index.htm?loc=www.roche.de&content=/lexikon/suche.html> (10.10.2017)"
- thoracic cavity | chest cavity
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- Definition the second largest hollow space of the body. It is enclosed by the ribs, the vertebral column, and the sternum, or breastbone, and is separated from the abdominal cavity (the body’s largest hollow space) by a muscular and membranous partition, the diaphragm. It contains the lungs, the middle and lower airways—the tracheobronchial tree—the heart, the vessels transporting blood between the heart and the lungs, the great arteries bringing blood from the heart out into general circulation, and the major veins into which the blood is collected for transport back to the heart. The heart is covered by a fibrous membrane sac called the pericardium that blends with the trunks of the vessels running to and from the heart. The chest also contains the esophagus, the channel for food from the throat to the stomach. Reference "Britannica Online Encyclopedia http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/593184/thoracic-cavity [5.5.2010]"