Costal pleura
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| Costal pleura | |
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| Front view of thorax, showing the relations of the pleuræ and lungs to the chest wall. Pleura in blue; lungs in purple. | |
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| Costal pleura labeled at upper right. | |
| Latin | Pleura costalis |
| Gray's | subject #238 1088 |
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.
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Costal pleura
External links
- SUNY Figs 19:02-02
- thoraxlesson2 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
- lung_pleura at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- MedEd at Loyola Grossanatomy/thorax0/thor_lec/thor6.html
- -107347911 at GPnotebook
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