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 ]
Term information
- SCTID:361997008
- EMAPA:16777
- VHOG:0001496
- EHDAA2:0002205
- MA:0002489
- UMLS:C0225776 (ncithesaurus:Visceral_Pleura)
- NCIT:C33881
- FMA:9734
- OpenCyc:Mx4rwNFqppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
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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].
pleura pulmonalis
pleura visceralis (pulmonalis)
pulmonary visceral pleura
pleura visceralis
Term relations
- connected anatomical structure
- mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure
- visceral serous membrane
- attached to some lung parenchyma
- part of some lung
- contributes to morphology of some pleura
- part of some pleura
- adjacent to some lung