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The limits of the chest and the thoracic cavity do not coincide, for the diaphragm protrudes with its cupula into the thoracic cage along with the abdominal organs lying in the left and right hypochondria (liver, spleen, etc.). The left and right cervical pleurae as well as the apexes of lungs exit into the regions of neck over the clavicle.