The Pleurae

• The Pleurae:

  • A thin double layered serous membrane
  • Parietal pleura – lines the thoracic wall and the diaphragm
  • Visceral pleura – lines the surface of the lungs and fissures
  • This double layer creates a potential space (the pleural cavity)

  
• The Pleurae

  A) parietal pleura

  B) visceral pleura

  C) pleural cavity

  
• The Pleurae

  A) parietal pleura

  B) visceral pleura

  C) pleural cavity

  D) diaphragm