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What makes up the endothelium fascia? |
The basal lamina of the cells in the pleura |
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What are the boundaries for the thoracic cavity
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diaphram, ribs, and the thoracic inlet
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What is the difference between the thoracic cavity and the pleural cavity? |
The thoracic cavity is home to the heart, trachae, great vessels, some other structures, and the plueral cavities.
The pleural cavities contain the lungs and the pleural linings |
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Where does the mediastinum take place? |
The middle portion of the thoracic cavity wher ethe heart, trachae, great vessels |
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What is parietal pleura |
forms the walls of pleural cavities |
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What is pulmonary pleura |
visceral portion of the pleura. adheres tightly to the surface of the lungs and follows allof their irregularity |
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pariental What are the three parts of costal pleural? |
Costal pleural (goes along the ribs)
Diaphragmatic pleura (goes along the diaphram)
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What does the mediastima do? |
Divide the chest into halves |
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Why when you get air in the pleural cavity does only one lung collapse? |
Because the two lungs are separated and have their own sacs |
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How is nothing REALLY in the peritneal cavity? |
The lung buds start outside of of the periteal pleural and sag in The part that does the sagging in becomes the parietal pleura. The organ itself has its own pleura and inbetween is the pleural cavity
This picture is during development. Eventually the paritetal pleura superior to the lungs will close tight tight tightly around the lungs |
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What does the periteal pleural form? |
There are two in the chest cavity and the |