pleura
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To check for them, doctors look at the pleura, the membrane that envelops each lung.
From Scientific American • Jun. 11, 2020
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
The lungs are enclosed by the pleura, a membrane that is composed of visceral and parietal pleural layers.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Three serous membranes line the thoracic cavity; the two pleura that cover the lungs and the pericardium that covers the heart.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
In interstitial emphysema the air is infiltrated into the connective tissue beneath the pleura and between the pulmonary air-cells.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
