a part of the ventral cavity, surrounded by the ribs and the chest muscules the thoracic cavity refers to the space located superior to the abdominopelvic cavity. It,s subdivided into pleural cavity and the mediastinum.
Each of the pleural cavity contains a lung. the mediastinum houses the heart, large vessels og the heart , trachea, esophagus, thymus, lymph nodes, and othe blood vessels and nerves.
