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Identify an organ that is posterior to the heart

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The heart sits in the mediastinum (central compartment of the thoracic cavity) while the kidneys are further down on the retroperitoneum (the space in the abdominal cavity behind the peritoneum/ membrane). They are below the heart - inferior. They are behind the heart - posterior.

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