Costal pleura

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Costal pleura
Front view of thorax, showing the relations of the pleuræ and lungs to the chest wall. Pleura in blue; lungs in purple.
Costal pleura labeled at upper right.
Latin	p. costalis
Gray's	subject #238 1088
Dorlands/Elsevier	p_24/12646763

Different portions of the parietal pleura have received special names which indicate their position: thus, that portion which lines the inner surfaces of the ribs and Intercostales is the costal pleura.

[edit] External links

• SUNY Figs 19:02-02
• Norman/Georgetown thoraxlesson2
• Atlas of anatomy at UMich lung_pleura
• MedEd at Loyola Grossanatomy/thorax0/thor_lec/thor6.html
• -107347911 at GPnotebook

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