Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen. This muscle, also called the thoracic diaphragm, is the main muscle used ...

"Your thoracic cavity (chest cavity) is a space inside your thorax (chest) that contains your heart, lungs and other organs and tissues," according to ClevelandClinic.org. A thoracic contusion is ...

The Thoracic Surgery Clinic at Baylor Medicine’s Lung Institute in Houston, Texas, specializes in the care and treatment of patients with benign and malignant disorders of the chest cavity (thorax).

Pilates swimming is a beneficial exercise for promoting balanced muscle development around the sternum and heart. Lying face down with arms extended overhead, alternately lift your right arm and left ...

New research presented at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that anatomic lung resections, such as lobectomy and segmentectomy, are associated with improved long-term ...

When a bleb ruptures the air escapes into the chest cavity causing a pneumothorax (air between the lung and chest cavity) which can result in a collapsed lung. If blebs become larger or come together ...

Flail chest: A condition resulting from multiple ... an incision along the midline of the sternum to access the thoracic cavity. This Nature Research Intelligence Topic summary is one of 30,000 ...

For example, the visceral pleura lines the lungs, and the parietal pleura covers the inner thoracic wall. In dogs, the pleural cavity exists as a potential space, with the visceral and parietal ...