Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
thoracic cavity
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002224
Term info
Label
thoracic cavity
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
definition
The part of the coelemic cavity lumen that is enclosed by the walls of the thorax.
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Scheme_body_cavities-en.svg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Gray846.png
has exact synonym
space of thoracic compartment, chest cavity, cavity of chest, cavity of thorax, pectoral cavity, cavitas thoracis, thoracic lumen
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0002224
imported from
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
taxon notes
In many species, the diaphragm separates thoracic and abdominal cavities
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- anatomical space and part of some coelemic cavity lumen and luminal space of some thoracic segment of trunk
Subclass of:
- anatomical space
- immaterial entity
- part of some coelemic cavity lumen
- luminal space of some thoracic segment of trunk
Related from: