The pleura Flashcards
1
Q
What are the lungs enclosed in?
A
The pleura
2
Q
What does the pleura also line?
A
The walls of the thoracic cavity
3
Q
What is the outer layer of the pleural cavity?
A
The parietal pleura
4
Q
Which pleura is associated with the lungs?
A
The visceral pleura
5
Q
What is the place between the two layers called?
A
The pleural cavity
6
Q
What is a potential space?
A
cavity that doesn’t normally exist in healthy people. In disease it can be filled with air, blood or puss.
7
Q
What type of pleura is this?
A
A serous pleura
8
Q
What is a serous pleura?
A
produces serous fluid present between the two layers to allow movement and surface tension.
