Asthma is also a pulmonary disease in which there is obstruction to the flow of air out of the lungs, but the obstruction is usually reversible and between attacks of asthma the flow of air through the airways is usually good. COPD is also called chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD).
Definition of Thorax. 1. n. The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrÃ¦, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest. Definition of Thorax.
Wrong... the bone thorax protects the heart and LUNGS as it also allows the respiratory muscle to create a vacuum that will drawâ¦ air into the lungs. while the Ribs withing in the bone thorax will protect not only the thoracic organs, but as well the spleen, most of the liver and to some extent the kidneys.