Mediastinal pleura 4999975 97256175 2006-12-30T02:13:58Z Arcadian 104523 clean up + template link using [[Project:AWB|AWB]] {{Infobox Anatomy | Name = Mediastinal pleura | Latin = p. mediastinalis | GraySubject = 238 | GrayPage = 1088 | Image = Gray968.png | Caption = A transverse section of the [[thorax]], showing the contents of the middle and the posterior [[mediastinum]]. The [[pleural cavity|pleural]] and [[pericardial cavity|pericardial cavities]] are exaggerated since normally there is no space between parietal and visceral pleura and between [[pericardium]] and [[heart]]. | Image2 = | Caption2 = | System = | Precursor = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = p_24 | DorlandsSuf = 12646763 | }} Different portions of the [[parietal pleura]] have received special names which indicate their position: thus, that portion which lines the inner surfaces of the ribs and [[Intercostales]] is the [[costal pleura]]; that clothing the convex surface of the diaphragm is the [[diaphragmatic pleura]]; that which rises into the neck, over the summit of the lung, is the [[cupula of the pleura]] ([[cervical pleura]]); and that which is applied to the other [[thoracic]] [[viscera]] is the '''mediastinal pleura'''. ==External links== * {{SUNYAnatomyFigs|19|02|03}} * {{GPnotebook|1657798715}} * {{NormanAnatomy|thoraxlesson2}} * {{UMichAtlas|lung_pleura}} * {{LoyolaMedEd|Grossanatomy/thorax0/thor_lec/thor6.html}} {{Gray's}} {{Lung}} {{anatomy-stub}}