What does the visceral pleura line?

Answer 1

The pleura space prevent the lungs from getting collapsed. The lungs are totally elastic organs and will collapse to very small ball, if air enters the pleura. You have little fluid and negative pressure in the pleura, to keep the lungs in expanded condition.

Answer 2

The pleural membrane helps keep the lungs air tight and separate from each other. The outer pleura is known as the parietal pleura and is attached to the chest. The visceral pleura is attached to the visceral tissue and other lung.

Answer 3

The lungs are surrounded by two membranes, the pleura. 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. In between the two is a thin space known as the pleural cavity or pleural space. It is filled with pleural fluid, a serous fluid produced by the pleura. The pleural fluid lubricates the pleural surfaces and allows the layers of pleura to slide against each other easily during respiration. It also provides the surface tension that keeps the lung surface in contact with the chest wall. During quiet breathing, the cavity normally experiences a negative pressure (compared to the atmosphere) which helps adhere the lungs to the chest wall, so that movements of the chest wall during breathing are coupled closely to movements of the lungs. See the related link for more information.

Answer 4

One of it's functions: It creates the exterior of the lungs.

Answer 5

The visceral pleura covers the outer layer of the lungs, extending into the fissures between lobes.

* Martini, 'Anatomy and Physiology', 7th ed., p. 829

Answer 6

It is the part of the endothelium that lines organs with in their cavities. Visceral comes from the word viscera mean organ

Answer 7

lines the wall of the thoracic cavity

Answer 8

Serous membranes.

Answer 9

lungs