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How are lungs protected?

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The lungs are light spongy tissues enclosed in the thoracic cavity surrounded by an air tight space. It is bound dorsally by the vertebral column and ventrally by the sternum, jatetauy by the ribs and on the lower side by the dome shaped diaphragm.
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