thoracic cavity

noun

A chamber located within the upper human torso (and other animal bodies) which contains the heart and lungs.

Similar
chest cavity
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Meanings

nounthoracic cavity (plural thoracic cavities)

plural thoracic cavities

  1. anatomyA chamber located within the upper human torso (and other animal bodies) which contains the heart and lungs.

    Synonyms: chest cavity

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA chamber located within the upper human torso (and other animal bodies) which contains the heart and lungs.

Similar
chest cavity

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart

Similar
chest cavity
Broader
cavitybodily cavitycavum
Also see
chest cavity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic قَفَص صَدْرِيّ
  • قَفَص صَدْرِيّ (qafaṣ ṣadriyy)chamber of the human body
Bulgarian гръдна кухина
  • гръдна кухина (grădna kuhina)chamber of the human body
Catalan caixa toràcica
  • caixa toràcicachamber of the human body
Chinese Mandarin 胸腔
  • 胸腔 (xiōngqiāng)chamber of the human body
Finnish rintaontelo
  • rintaontelochamber of the human body
French cage thoracique
  • cage thoraciquechamber of the human body
German Brusthöhle
  • Brusthöhlechamber of the human body
Greek θωρακική κοιλότητα
  • θωρακική κοιλότητα (thorakikí koilótita)chamber of the human body
Hungarian mellüreg
  • mellüregchamber of the human body
Indonesian rongga dada, ruang dada
  • rongga dadachamber of the human body
  • ruang dadachamber of the human body
Russian грудна́я по́лость
  • грудна́я по́лость (grudnája pólostʹ)chamber of the human body
Spanish cavidad torácica
  • cavidad torácicachamber of the human body
Swedish brösthåla
  • brösthålachamber of the human body
Thai ช่องอก
  • ช่องอก (chɔ̂ng-òk)chamber of the human body
Ukrainian грудна́ порожни́на
  • грудна́ порожни́на (hrudná porožnýna)chamber of the human body
Cite this entry
APA

thoracic cavity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoracic%20cavity

MLA

“thoracic cavity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoracic%20cavity. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thoracic cavity,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoracic%20cavity.

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