That is a good question! You have a pleura, that surround the lungs. You have inner and outer layers (visceral and parietal layers). Both are connected to each other. In fact you have a balloon, in which your lungs grow. You take out the air from the balloon and you get the pleura. So both the come together at the blood vessels and bronchi. The lungs are totally elastic organs and collapse to small ball, if air enters the pleura. This elasticity of lungs create the negative pressure in the pleura. The negative pressure in pleura keeps the lungs in expanded condition. You have little fluid in the pleura. This reduces the friction between the outer and inner layers of pleura.
The pleura are two thin layers of tissue that protect and cushion the lungs.
There are four major classifications of tissue: epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, nervous tissue and connective tissue. Pleura belongs to the class of connective tissue.
The thoracic cavity in the respiratory system is where the pleura is located.
parietal and visceral? respiratory.
Visceral pleura
visceral pleura
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parietal pleura: outer fold of the pleura lying closest to the ribs
The difference between these two pleura is that the parietal pleura is the outtermost covering of the lung which is adhered to the inner thoracic wall, while the visceral pleura is the lining which is directly adhered to the lung itself. The space between these two pleuras is know as the pleual cavity.
The pleura are part of the respiratory system. The pleura are the membranous coverings of each lung.
The body system that protects underlying organs from drying out is the integumentary system. This system also protects underlying organs from mechanical damage.
Visceral pleura
inflammation of the pleura
The serous membrane lines certain cavities in the body. It makes up the pleura, which lines the chest cavity, and the pericardium, which covers the heart.
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The noun pleura is the singular form as a word for a membrane that envelopes the lungs of mammals.The plural noun is pleurae.The noun pleura is the plural form as a word for an insect body part.The singular noun is pleuron.
The visceral pleura is deep to the parietal pleura. The visceral is closer to the lungs.
The membrane lining on the lung is the visceral pleura and the membrane lining the inside of the chest cavity is the parietal pleura.
The visceral pleura (a thin membrane protecting the lungs) is attached directly to them. There is another pleura on the outside of this (attached to the thoracic cavity), it is called the parietal pleura, between them is a serous fluid that acts as a sort of cushion.