pleura

(anatomy) The serous membrane covering the lung and lining the thoracic cavity.

A thin membrane which lines the inside of the chest cavity and also covers the lungs. The two ‘pleural cavities’ are enclosed compartments, with normally only a film of fluid between the layer lining the chest (parietal pleura) and the layer covering the lungs (visceral pleura). The two layers continually tend to pull away from each other, because of the stretched elastic condition of the lungs — an important factor in the mechanics of breathing. If the chest wall is penetrated by a wound, air is readily sucked into the pleural cavity, separating the two pleural layers and collapsing the lung.

— Stuart Judge

See breathing; lungs.

A delicate serous membrane enclosing the lung, composed of a single layer of flattened mesothelial cells resting on a delicate membrane of connective tissue.

A thin two-layered membrane that secretes fluid, and lines the thoracic wall (parietal pleura), the diaphragm (diaphragmatic pleura), and the lungs (visceral pleura).

Pleura

Pl. pleurae [Gr.] the serous membrane investing the lungs (pulmonary pleura) and lining the walls of the thoracic cavity (parietal pleura), the two layers enclosing a potential space, the pleural cavity.

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - lungehinde

2.
n. - lungehinder

Nederlands (Dutch)
longvlies

Français (French)
1.
n. - plèvre

2.
n. - (Zool) partie latérale externe des pièces articulées des arthropodes

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Pleura, Brustfell

2.
n. - Pluralform von Pleuron

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ανατ.) υπεζωκώς

Italiano (Italian)
pleura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pleura (f) (Anat.)

Русский (Russian)
плевра

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - pleura

2.
n. - pleura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lungsäck

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 肋膜, 胸膜

2. 肋膜, 胸膜

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 肋膜, 胸膜

2.
n. - 肋膜, 胸膜

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 늑막, 흉막

2.
n. - pleuron(절지류의 각 체절의 옆면)의 복수형

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 胸膜, 側板, 肋膜

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غشاء جنب, جنبه, غشاء صدري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צדר, כל אחד משני הקרומים העוטפים את הריאות אצל יונקים‬
n. - ‮ריבוי של NORUELP‬

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