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the cavity in the thorax that contains the lungs and heart
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In anatomy, the pleural cavity is the potential space between the lungs and the chest wall. It has virtually nothing in it in the normal non-diseased state, except a small amount of pleural fluid. The cavity is lined by specialized epithelium called pleura. The pleura that is connected to the chest wall is called the parietal pleura and is highly sensitive to pain. ...
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| pleural cavity |
The space enclosed by the pleura, which is a thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines the interior wall of the chest cavity.
Ãâó: www.stjude.org/glossary
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| pleural cavity |
walls derived from pericardioperitoneal canals -> intraembryonic coelom ->coelomic spaces -> lateral mesoderm -> mesoderm.
Ãâó: embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Notes/Index/P.htm
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| pleural cavity |
The space between the sheets of pleura (one covering the inside of the thoracic cavity, the other covering the outside of the lungs).
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