THORAX ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

MEDICAL

PELVIS CAVITY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which cavity is made by the chest and contains the pleural (lung) and pericardial (heart) cavities?

A	Ventral
B	Dorsal
C	Ventral
D	Thoracic

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -[2] The thoracic cavity contains organs and tissues that function in the respiratory (lungs, bronchi, trachea, pleura), cardiovascular (heart, pericardium, great vessels, lymphatics), nervous (vagus nerve, sympathetic chain, phrenic nerve, recurrent laryngeal nerve), immune (thymus) and digestive (esophagus) systems.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thoracic Cavity: The ventral body chamber that contains the pericardial cavity (the heart) and the pleural cavity (the lungs).

Detailed explanation-3: -thoracic cavity, also called chest cavity, 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.

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