Parietal pleura

Parietal pleura A transverse section of the thorax, showing the contents of the middle and the posterior mediastinum. The pleuraland pericardial cavitiesare exaggerated since normally there is no space between parietal and visceral pleura and between pericardiumand heart. Latinpleura parietalis Gray's subject #238 1087 Nerve intercostal nerves, phrenic nerves Dorlands/Elsevier p_24/12646791

The portion of the pleura external to the pulmonary pleura lines the inner surface of the chest wall, covers the diaphragm, and is reflected over the structures occupying the middle of the thorax; this portion is termed the parietal pleura.

The parietal pleura is attached to the wall of the thoracic cavity and innervated by the intercostal nerves

External links

-1288372165 at GPnotebook
Norman/Georgetown thoraxlesson2
Atlas of anatomy at UMich lung_pleura - "X-ray, chest, posteroanterior view"
Atlas of anatomy at UMich lung_lymph - "Transverse section through lung"
MedEd at Loyola Grossanatomy/thorax0/thor_lec/thor6.html
Diagram at kent.edu

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 As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.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 Anatomyof torso, respiratory system: Lungsand 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)