thoracic cavity
Americannoun
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thoracic cavities
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These are typically stopped in our thoracic cavity as they enter the lungs.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2023
The research team used CT scans of the subject's thoracic cavity and artificial intelligence to create three-dimensional models of the lung, including the airways, blood vessels, and the chosen target.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
“This area—this thoracic cavity region leading to the brain—is much less studied and identified among mammals and especially among marine mammals,” Kienle says.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2022
This increase in the volume of the thoracic cavity lowers pressure compared to the atmosphere, so air rushes into the lungs, thus increasing its volume.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The heart and great vessels occupy a position immediately to the left of the centre of the thoracic cavity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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