Costodiaphragmatic recess

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Costodiaphragmatic recess
Front view of thorax, showing the relations of the pleuræ and lungs to the chest wall. Pleura in blue; lungs in purple.
Latin	recessus costodiaphragmaticus
Dorlands/Elsevier	r_05/12696578

In the pleural cavity, the costodiaphragmatic recess is a potential space at the posteriormost tips of the cavity, located at the junction of the costal pleura and diaphragmatic pleura.

The lungs expand into this recess during forced inspiration.

[edit] See also

• Thoracentesis

[edit] External links

• costodiaphragmatic+recess at eMedicine Dictionary
• 33947706 at GPnotebook
• Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 02101.002-1
• Diagram (Question #4, item E)

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.

v • d • e Anatomy of torso, respiratory system: Lungs and related structures lungs right • left • lingula • apex • base • root • cardiac notch • cardiac impression • hilum • borders (anterior, posterior, inferior) • surfaces (costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic) • fissures (oblique, horizontal) conducting zone trachea (tracheal rings, carina) • bronchi • main bronchus (right, left) • lobar/secondary bronchi (eparterial bronchus) • segmental/tertiary bronchi (bronchopulmonary segment) • bronchiole • terminal bronchiole respiratory zone respiratory bronchiole • alveolar duct • alveolus • alveolar-capillary barrier pleurae parietal pleura (cervical, costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic) • visceral pleura • pulmonary ligament • recesses (costomediastinal, costodiaphragmatic) • pleural cavity