The inner serous membrane of the pulmonary pleural. The visceral pleura lines the lungs. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_pleurae ]
Synonyms: pleura pulmonalis pleura visceralis (pulmonalis) pulmonary visceral pleura pleura visceralis
Term information
- SCTID:361997008
- VHOG:0001496
- EMAPA:16777
- MA:0002489
- NCIT:C33881
- FMA:9734
- EHDAA2:0002205
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure
- visceral serous membrane
- organ component layer
- attached to some lung parenchyma
- part of some lung
- contributes to morphology of some pleura
- part of some pleura
- adjacent to some lung