- plural of pleuron.
pleura
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The layer of tissue that covers the lung and dips into spaces is called the visceral pleura.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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
Mediastinum, mē-di-as-tī′num, n. a membranous septum or cavity between two principal portions of an organ, esp. the folds of the pleura and the space between the right and left lungs.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The right and left pleurae, which enclose the right and left lungs, respectively, are separated by the mediastinum.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The lungs are enclosed by the pleurae, which are attached to the mediastinum.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Intrapleural pressure is the pressure of the air within the pleural cavity, between the visceral and parietal pleurae.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Why are the pleurae not damaged during normal breathing?
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Foreign bodies ulcerating through may reach the lung without pleural leakage because of the sealing together of the visceral and parietal pleurae.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
