Pleura

Question 1

Pleura

Answer 1

Thin, moist, and slippery membrane that covers the outer surface of the lungs and lines the inner surface of the thoracic cavity

Question 2

Parietal pleura

Answer 2

Outer layer of the pleura, lines the walls of the thoracic cavity, covers the diaphragm and forms the sac containing each lung

Question 3

Visceral pleura

Answer 3

Inner layer of pleura that covers each lung, attached directly to the lung

Question 4

Pleural cavity

Answer 4

Pleural space, thin and fluid illed space between the parietal and visceral pleural membranes. Fluid acts as a lubricant to allow the membranes to slide easily over each other during respiration