Wiktionary
n. The thoracic cavity.
WordNet
n. the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart [syn: thoracic cavity]
Usage examples of "chest cavity".
The hull behind him was red with the spray of all the blood in his chest cavity.
She had moved on quickly to the next stage, opening the chest cavity and widening the slit to expose the upper and lower abdomen.
Donald peered over the edge of his surgical mask and into the chest cavity.
And vicious enough to blow away a leg or the entrails, or to tear out the chest cavity.
The two-handed stroke had driven the spearhead the length of a tall man's forearm through the Guard's chest cavity.
His chest cavity was cracked open, presumably by the explosion that had taken out the troop carrier.
A cold ash fell from his unlit cigar into the chest cavity as he peered into the body.
Naturally the bullet is still there, presumably within the chest cavity.