The longer a stent is in place, the more cells from the artery's inner lining will have grown over and around the metal struts of the stent, like ivy on a trellis. This tissue helps hold the stent in place. One implanted several years ago should be firmly anchored. Even so, check with your doctor.
Heart is located safely inside the chest cavity which looks like a cage bound by the ribs and breast bone (sternum). The chest cavity is also called as thoracic cavity and it lies between neck and abdomen. Heart lies slightly to the left in the chest cavity. [ 2 ].
Once you have opened the body cavity, you will need to rinse it in the sink. 1. Locate the diaphragm, which is a layer of muscle that separates the thoracic from the abdominal cavity. 2. The heart is centrally located in the thoracic cavity.The two dark colored chambers at the top are the atria (single: atrium), and the bottom chambers are the ventricles.. The coelom is the body cavity within which the viscera (internal organs) are located. The cavity is covered by a membrane called the peritoneum, which is very thin and web-like, you may need to use forceps to remove some of this membrane to see the organs clearly.