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pleuron

[ploor-on] / ˈplʊər ɒn /


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Somite of a Lobster, separated and viewed from in front. t, tergum; s, sternum; pl, pleuron.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

The name epimeron is sometimes applied to what is here called the pleuron, but the word has been used in widely different senses and it seems better to abandon it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

To check for them, doctors look at the pleura, the membrane that envelops each lung.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 11, 2020

Under normal conditions, viewers see a reflection of the pleura as a series of equidistant horizontal lines, called A lines, throughout those organs.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 11, 2020

The lungs are enclosed by the pleura, a membrane that is composed of visceral and parietal pleural layers.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Since the parietal pleura is attached to the thoracic wall, the natural elasticity of the chest wall opposes the inward pull of the lungs.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

In another case the disease advanced to the stage of gangrene of a circumscribed area of the pleura and of the superficial layer of the lung.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various


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