Visceral pleura
| Visceral pleura | |
|---|---|
 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. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | p. visceralis, p. pulmonalis |
| TA98 | A07.1.02.002 |
| TA2 | 3325 |
| TH | H3.05.03.0.00008 |
| FMA | 9734 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
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).
See also
External links
- . GPnotebook https://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=74121277.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - thoraxlesson2 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
- Atlas image: lung_lymph at the University of Michigan Health System - "Transverse section through lung"
- Histology image: 14_15 at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center - "Lung"
- Loyola
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1087 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)