Visceral pleura
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| A transverse section of the thorax, showing the contents of the middle and the posterior mediastinum. The pleural and pericardial cavities are exaggerated since normally there is no space between parietal and visceral pleura and between pericardium and heart. | |
| Latin | pleura visceralis, pleura pulmonalis |
| Gray's | subject #238 1087 |
| Nerve | pulmonary plexus |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | p_24/12646806 |
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Each lung is invested by an exceedingly delicate serous membrane, the pleura, which is arranged in the form of a closed invaginated sac. A portion of the serous membrane covers the surface of the lung and dips into the fissures between its lobes; it is called the pulmonary pleura (or visceral pleura).
The visceral pleura is attached directly to the lungs.
External links
- 74121277 at GPnotebook
- Norman/Georgetown thoraxlesson2
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich lung_lymph - "Transverse section through lung"
- Histology at OU 14_15 - "Lung"
- MedEd at Loyola Grossanatomy/thorax0/thor_lec/thor6.html
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.
Anatomy of torso, respiratory system: Lungs and related structures | |
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| lungs | right • left • lingula • apex • base • root • cardiac notch • cardiac impression • hilum • borders (anterior, posterior, inferior) • surfaces (costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic) • fissures (oblique, horizontal) |
| conducting zone | trachea (tracheal rings, carina) • bronchi • main bronchus (right, left) • lobar/secondary bronchi (eparterial bronchus) • segmental/tertiary bronchi (bronchopulmonary segment) • bronchiole • terminal bronchiole |
| respiratory zone | |
| pleurae | parietal pleura (cervical, costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic) • visceral pleura • pulmonary ligament • recesses (costomediastinal, costodiaphragmatic) • pleural cavity |
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