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Pulmonary pleura
Introduction
Each lung is invested by an exceedingly delicate serous membrane, the pleura, which is arranged in the form of a closed invaginated sac. A portion of the serous membrane covers the surface of the lung and dips into the fissures between its lobes; it is called the pulmonary pleura (or visceral pleura).
The visceral pleura is attached directly to the lungs.
External links
- Template:GPnotebook
- Template:NormanAnatomy
- Template:UMichAtlas – “Transverse section through lung”
- Template:OklahomaHistology – “Lung”
- Template:LoyolaMedEd
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