chest cavity

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chest cavity - the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heartthoracic cavitybodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the bodymediastinum - the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymuschest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates