44+ Lung And Pleura Surface Anatomy. The lungs are roughly cone shaped, with an apex, base, three surfaces and three borders. Terms in this set (47).
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Terms in this set (47). The visceral pleura is the thin, slippery membrane that covers the surface of the lungs and dips into the areas separating the different lobes of the lungs (called the the pleural cavity, also known as the intrapleural space, contains pleural fluid secreted by the mesothelial cells. (redirected from left lower sternal border).
The lungs are spongy, expandable organs that occupy the thoracic cavity.
Location • the pleurae and lungs lie on either side of the mediastinum within the chest cavity • each diaphragmatic pleura • it covers the thoracic surface of the diaphragm • in quiet respiration, the costal and diaphragmatic pleurae are in apposition to each. Main bronchi… an envelope of mediastinal pleura that replicates against the surface of the lung as visceral pleura envelops the root of the lung. The visceral pleura covers the surface of each lung and may dip between the lobes of the lung as fissures. The visceral pleura forms the inner layer of the membrane covering the outside surface of the lungs.
