Thoracic cavity

As the thoracic cavity ( glenoid thoracis, Cavitas thoracic, outdated cavum thoracis ) which comprised of the ribs inside of the chest in mammals is called. It is separated from the peritoneal cavity through the diaphragm. The main part of the wall forms the thorax and the adjoining it inwardly endothoracic fascia.

The thoracic cavity is divided into the unpaired middle mediastinum ( mediastinal ) and the paired pleural cavities. In the mediastinum, most of the internal thoracic organs are: heart in the pericardium, thymus, large blood vessels ( thoracic portion of the aorta, vena cava, pulmonary trunk, azygos vein ), the trachea and esophagus, various nerves ( phrenic nerve, vagus nerve, recurrent laryngeal nerve, sympathetic trunk ), lymph nodes, lymphatic duct and the thoracic duct. Only the lungs grow during embryonic laterally from the mediastinum and fill the chest cavity through a small gap space, the pleural cavity, from.