Pleura

Question 1

What is the name of the pleura which lines the structures situated in between the two pleural cavities?

Answer 1

Mediastinum (mediastinal pleura)

Question 2

What pleura lies on the superior surface of the diaphragm?

Answer 2

Diaphragmatic

Question 3

What pleura lines the inner surface of the ribs and sternum?

Answer 3

Costal

Question 4

What is the name of the pleura which covers the apex of the lungs in the root of the neck?

Answer 4

Apical pleura (cervical pleura)

Question 5

Describe what a pleural reflection is.

Answer 5

Reflection occurs where the parietal pleura lining one surface of the chest wall changes its direction to line another surface e.g. from the inner surface of the ribs onto the superior surface of the diaphragm.

Question 6

Describe what pleural recess is.

Answer 6

During pleural reflection, the parietal pleura is more widely separated from the visceral pleura during expiration, creating a bigger space. This space is known as the pleural recess.

Question 7

What is the name for the process when the parietal pleura lining the ribs change its direction to line the diaphragm?
And what is the recess known as?

Answer 7

Costodiaphragmatic reflection

The costodiaphragmatic recess

Question 8

What nerve innervates the mediastinal pleura?

Answer 8

The phrenic nerve

Question 9

What nerve innervates the diaphragmatic pleura?

Answer 9

The phrenic nerve

Question 10

The phrenic nerve innervates the diaphragmatic and the mediastinal pleura, therefore what nerve innervates the remaining pleura?

Answer 10

The intercostal nerve