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the membrane on the surface of the lung is called the parietal pleura, but the membrance that lines the lungs themselves are called the visceral pleura.
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The double membrane that covers the lungs and lines the thoracic cavity is?
Pleura is the double membrane that cover and line in the thoracic cavity.
What the membrane on the surface of the lungs is called the?
The [mucosal] Pleural membrane.
What is the medical term meaning mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelids and covers most of the anterior surface of the eye?
The medical term for the mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelids and covers most of the anterior surface of the eye is "conjunctiva."
What is an pleura?
A pleura is a serous membrane that lines the lungs and chest cavity of humans and mammals. It is a closed area that helps the lungs during respiration.
What does conjunctiva mean?
The mucous membrane that lines the inside of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball.
What does pleural surface normal mean?
The pleura is a membrane that surrounds the lungs of mammals. Presumably, the phrase means that the surface of the pleura was found to be normal in an examination.
Is the conjunctiva the mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and is reflected over the anterior surface of the eyeball?
Yes
What tissue covers the outer surface of the body and lines the intestines lungs and other hollow organs?
Epithelial tissue lines the outer surface of the body and lines the hollow organs.
What thin layer of tissue that covers a surface lines a cavity or divides a space or organ?
membrane
What is the pleural used for in the human body?
In human anatomy pleural is the area surrounding each of the lungs, which lines the thoracic cavity. It is a thin serous membrane coat, essentially to protect the lungs.
What membrane attaches directly to the lungs?
The pleural membrane.
What is the lining that protects the lungs is the what membrane?
Pleural Membrane
