pleura
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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
In contrast, the parietal pleura is the outer layer that connects to the thoracic wall, the mediastinum, and the diaphragm.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The lungs are enclosed by the pleura, a membrane that is composed of visceral and parietal pleural layers.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Now, disease may attack the brain, the lungs, kidneys, spleen, bowels, pleura, or peritoneum.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
