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visceral pleura

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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

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

external definition

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].

external ontology notes

FMA treats this as part of the lungs

has related synonym

lung mesothelium
pulmonary pleura
lung pleura

id

UBERON:0002401