Pleura Flashcards
The thin, smooth, glistening, delicate serous membrane which covers the lungs, lines the thorax walls and is a layer of mesothelial cells supported by connective tissue is called?
Pleura
The two layers of the pleura are?
Visceral pleura
Parietal pleura
The potential space between the visceral and parietal pleura is called?
Pleural cavity
The pleura that covers the internal surface of the thoracic cavity is?
Parietal pleura
The pleura that covers the lungs and extends into the interlobar fissures is called?
Visceral pleura
The visceral pleura is continuous with the the parietal pleura at the?
Hilum of each lung
The hilum of the lung is where?
Structures enter and leave the lung
The thicker pleura is the?
Parietal pleura
The parietal pleura is subdivided, based on?
The part of the body it is in contact with
Parietal pleura is split into _____ parts
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Parietal pleura is split into _____ parts
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The four divisions of parietal pleura are?
Costal pleura
Diaphragmatic pleura
Mediastinal pleura
Cervical pleura
The four divisions of parietal pleura are?
Costal pleura
Diaphragmatic pleura
Mediastinal pleura
Cervical pleura
The parietal pleura division that covers the lateral aspect of the mediastinum is called?
Mediastinal pleura
The central component of the thoracic cavity containing a number of organs is called?
Mediastinum
The parietal pleura division that lines the extension of the pleural cavity into the neck is called?
Cervical pleura
The parietal pleura division that covers the inner aspect of the ribs, costal cartilages and intercostal muscles is called?
Costal pleura
The parietal pleura division that covers the thoracic superior surface of the diaphragm is called?
Diaphragmatic pleura
The visceral pleura is also called the?
Pulmonary pleura
Visceral pleura is firmly ____ to the lung surface
Adherent
The inner surface of the thoracic wall is composed of?
Ribs
Costal cartilages
Intercostal spaces
The inner surface of the thoracic wall is composed of?
Ribs
Costal cartilages
Intercostal spaces
The costal pleura is loosely connected by a thin layer of loose areolar tissue called the?
Endothoracic fascia
The anterior relations of the costal pleura are?
Sternum Costal cartilages Ribs Intercostal muscles Internal thoracic vessels within the 1st intercostal space