chest wall

an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation

An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax or chest wall during respiration

An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration

used to loosen mucus on the chest walls of patients with bronchitis

surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity