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Right Lateral to the mediastinum

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Q: Which best describes the position of the right pleural cavity?
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What area does the right pleural cavity surround?

right lung


The lungs are found in what main body cavity?

The Thoracic Cavity. More specifically, the Left and Right Pleural Cavities. Both answers would be correct, but some teachers/professors prefer the more specific one.


What is in pulmonary cavity?

The pulmonary cavity is the space lined by parietal pleura that each lung occupies. The right and left pulmonary cavities are separated by the mediastinum. It is important to not confuse the pleural cavity with the pulmonary cavity. The pleural cavity is the potential space between the parietal and visceral pleura containing a small amount of serous fluid that surrounds each lung.


What cavity houses the lungs?

The thoracic cavity is the anatomical region with the lungs being situated inside the right and left pleural cavities that flank the pericardial cavity .


What is the cavity in the chest called?

The Thoracic Cavity. More specifically, the Left and Right Pleural Cavities. Both answers would be correct, but some teachers/professors prefer the more specific one.


The serous membrane on the lung surface is called the what?

Pleural Cavity is the body cavity that surrounds the right and left lung. The pleura is a serous membrane which folds back to form a two-layered, membrane structure. The thin space between the two pleural layers is known as the pleural cavity; it normally contains a small amount of pleural fluid. The outer pleura parietal pleura is attached to the chest wall. The inner pleura, visceral pleura covers the lungs and adjoining structures.


What term describes a political position to the right of center?

conservative


What is another term for the chest cavity?

Thoracic (chest) cavity is confined by the rib cage. Within there is the right and left pleural cavities (lungs) and the mediastium or pericardial cavity (heart). If something destroys the confinement of this area (blunt or sharp forced trauma) the result may be a pneumothorax or collapsed lung(s).


What is the Cavity in which right lung is found?

Right lung is found in right side of the thoracic cavity.


What is the function of the pleural membranes?

The pleura is a slick, wet, shiny membrane. It is the outer most layer of tissue surrounding the lungs and also the inner most layer of tissue coating the chest wall. The pleura provide well lubricated surfaces of the chest wall and lungs to contact each other with minimal friction during respiration.


What structure divides the thoracic cavity into right and left hemithorax?

chest cavity


What is in the right side of the chest cavity?

The right lung