The Body Cavity That Is Enclosed by the Rib Cage

The respiratory system is composed of the nares nostrils nasal cavity sinuses within the skull pharynx back of the mouth larynx voice box trachea windpipe bronchi the branches of the trachea going into the lungs and the lungs - each of the pair of organs situated within the rib cage consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn so that. It is enclosed by the ribs the vertebral column and the sternum or breastbone and is separated from the abdominal cavity the bodys largest hollow space by a muscular and membranous partition the diaphragm.

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It contains the lungs the middle and lower airwaysthe tracheobronchial.

. Orientation of cross sections Before diving into the deep end its important to understand the general orientation of axial anatomy. Every single cross section is viewed from the feet of the patient in a supine position lying horizontally on hisher backThis means that structures on the right side of the patients body will be on the left side of the cross-sectional. Thoracic cavity also called chest cavity the second largest hollow space of the body.

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