The inner serous membrane of the pulmonary pleural. The visceral pleura lines the lungs. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_pleurae http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]
Synonyms: pleura pulmonalis pleura visceralis (pulmonalis) pulmonary visceral pleura pleura visceralis
Term information
- EMAPA:16777
- VHOG:0001496
- FMA:9734
- EHDAA2:0002205
- SCTID:361997008
- MA:0002489
- NCIT:C33881
- OpenCyc:Mx4rwNFqppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- UMLS:C0225776 (ncithesaurus:Visceral_Pleura)
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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[Wikipedia:Visceral_pleura].
Term relations
- visceral serous membrane
- organ component layer
- attached to some lung parenchyma
- part of some lung
- part of some pleura
- contributes to morphology of some pleura
- adjacent to some lung