1. The cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart
   - chest cavity

Derived forms: thoracic cavities

Type of: bodily cavity, cavity, cavum

Part of: chest, pectus, thorax

Encyclopedia: Thoracic cavity

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• sphagnum
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• sphalerite
• Sphecidae
• Sphecius
• Sphecius speciosis
• sphecoid
• sphecoid wasp
• Sphecoidea
• Sphecotheres
• sphene
• sphenion
• Spheniscidae
• sphenisciform seabird
• Sphenisciformes
• Spheniscus
• Spheniscus demersus
• Sphenodon
• Sphenodon punctatum
• sphenoid
• sphenoid bone
• sphenoid fontanel
• sphenoid fontanelle
• sphenoidal