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Mediastinal 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.
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Different portions of the parietal pleura have received special names which indicate their position: thus, that portion which lines the inner surfaces of the ribs and Intercostales is the costal pleura; that clothing the convex surface of the diaphragm is the diaphragmatic pleura; that which rises into the neck, over the summit of the lung, is the cupula of the pleura (cervical pleura); and that which is applied to the other thoracic viscera is the mediastinal pleura.

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Anatomy of torso, respiratory system: Lungs and related structures
lungs
conducting zone
respiratory zone
pleurae
thorax is a division of an animal's body that lies between the head and the abdomen.

In mammals, the thorax is the region of the body formed by the sternum, the thoracic vertebrae and the ribs. It extends from the neck to the diaphragm, not including the upper limbs.
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The mediastinum is a non-delineated group of structures in the thorax (chest), surrounded by loose connective tissue. It is the central compartment of the thoracic cavity.
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pleurae. The outer pleura is attached to the chest wall and is known as the parietal pleura; the inner one is attached to the lung and other visceral tissues and is known as the visceral pleura.
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The pericardial cavity is a potential space between the parietal pericardium and visceral layer. It contains a supply of serous fluid. The serous fluid that is found in this space is known as the pericardial fluid.
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The pericardium is a double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessels.

Layers

There are two layers to this sac: the fibrous pericardium and the serous pericardium.
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heart is a muscular organ responsible for pumping blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions, or a similar structure in the annelids, mollusks, and arthropods.
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parietal pleura.

The parietal pleura is attached to the wall of the thoracic cavity and innervated by the intercostal nerves

See also

  • Visceral pleura

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  • -1288372165 at GPnotebook
  • Norman/Georgetown

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Intercostal muscles are several groups of muscles that run between the ribs, and help form and move the chest wall.

There are three principal layers;
  • the external intercostal muscles, which aid in quiet and forced inhalation.

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costal pleura.

External links

  • SUNY Figs 19:02-02
  • Norman/Georgetown thoraxlesson2
  • Atlas of anatomy at UMich lung_pleura
  • MedEd at Loyola Grossanatomy/thorax0/thor_lec/thor6.

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diaphragmatic pleura.

External links

  • SUNY Figs 19:02-04
  • Norman/Georgetown thoraxlesson2
  • Atlas of anatomy at UMich lung_pleura - "X-ray, chest, posteroanterior view"
  • MedEd at Loyola

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cupula of the pleura (cervical pleura).

External links

  • SUNY Figs 19:02-03
  • -664076231 at GPnotebook
  • Norman/Georgetown thoraxlesson2
  • Atlas of anatomy at UMich lung_pleura
  • MedEd at Loyola

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cupula of the pleura (cervical pleura).

External links

  • SUNY Figs 19:02-03
  • -664076231 at GPnotebook
  • Norman/Georgetown thoraxlesson2
  • Atlas of anatomy at UMich lung_pleura
  • MedEd at Loyola

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thorax is a division of an animal's body that lies between the head and the abdomen.

In mammals, the thorax is the region of the body formed by the sternum, the thoracic vertebrae and the ribs. It extends from the neck to the diaphragm, not including the upper limbs.
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viscus (IPA: /ˈvɪskəs/) (plural: viscera /ˈvɪsərə/
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GPnotebook is a British medical database for general practitioners (GPs).[1] It is an online encyclopaedia of medicine that provides an immediate reference resource for clinicians worldwide. The database consists of over 30,000 pages of information.
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Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university, located in Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown neighborhood. Father John Carroll founded the school in 1789, though its roots extend back to 1634.
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (U of M, UM or simply Michigan) is a coeducational public research university in the state of Michigan. The university was founded in 1817 in Detroit, about 20 years before the territory of Michigan officially became a state,
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Loyola University Chicago is a private co-educational religious-affiliated university established in Chicago in 1870 as Saint Ignatius College. It was founded by the Roman Catholic religious order of the Society of Jesus and bears the name of the Jesuit patron, Saint Ignatius of
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Henry Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (or Gray's Anatomy as it has commonly been shortened) is an English-language human anatomy textbook widely regarded as a classic work on the subject.
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Human anatomy is primarily the scientific study of the morphology of the adult human body.[1] It is subdivided into gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy.[1]
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Torso is an anatomical term for the central part of the many animal bodies (including that of the human) from which extend the neck and limbs. It is sometimes referred to as the trunk. The torso includes the thorax and abdomen.
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respiratory system generally includes tubes, such as the bronchi, used to carry air to the lungs, where gas exchange takes place. A diaphragm pulls air in and pushes it out. Respiratory systems of various types are found in a wide variety of organisms.
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The human lungs are the human organs of respiration.

Humans have two lungs, with the left being divided into two lobes and the right into three lobes. Together, the lungs contain approximately 1500 miles (2,400 km) of airways and 300 to 500 million alveoli, having a total
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The human lungs are the human organs of respiration.

Humans have two lungs, with the left being divided into two lobes and the right into three lobes. Together, the lungs contain approximately 1500 miles (2,400 km) of airways and 300 to 500 million alveoli, having a total
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Right lung is divided into three lobes, superior, middle, and inferior, by two interlobular fissures:

Fissures

  • One of these, the oblique fissure, separates the inferior from the middle and superior lobes, and corresponds closely with the fissure in the left lung.

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Left lung is divided into two lobes, an upper and a lower, by the oblique fissure, which extends from the costal to the mediastinal surface of the lung both above and below the hilus.
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