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
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
The formation of fibrous tissue may extend to the pleura, or lung covering, and cause firm adhesion of the lungs to the chest wall and to the pericardium, or heart case.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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
The lungs are enclosed by the pleurae, which are attached to the mediastinum.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The pleurae perform two major functions: They produce pleural fluid and create cavities that separate the major organs.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Since there are many species which do not possess these genital pleurae, the question arises as to whether their presence or their absence is the more primitive condition.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
