pleura
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Under normal conditions, viewers see a reflection of the pleura as a series of equidistant horizontal lines, called A lines, throughout those organs.
From Scientific American • Jun. 11, 2020
To check for them, doctors look at the pleura, the membrane that envelops each lung.
From Scientific American • Jun. 11, 2020
The lungs are enclosed by the pleura, a membrane that is composed of visceral and parietal pleural layers.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Therefore, as you breathe, the pleural fluid prevents the two layers of the pleura from rubbing against each other and causing damage due to friction.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
In another case the disease advanced to the stage of gangrene of a circumscribed area of the pleura and of the superficial layer of the lung.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
