2006-12-12 12:58:50 · 4 answers · asked by Daniella y 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
"Each lung is enclosed by a double-layered serous membrane, called the pleura. The visceral pleura is firmly attached to the surface of the lung. At the hilum, the visceral pleura is continuous with the parietal pleura that lines the wall of the thorax. The small space between the visceral and parietal pleurae is the pleural cavity. It contains a thin film of serous fluid that is produced by the pleura. The fluid acts as a lubricant to reduce friction as the two layers slide against each other, and it helps to hold the two layers together as the lungs inflate and deflate."
2006-12-12 13:01:37 · answer #1 · answered by Albertan 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The membranes are called the pleurae. There is the the one covering the lungs called the Visceral pleura and the Parietal pleura that covers the inside of the thoracic cavity.
2016-03-13 06:17:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Juno is wrong. Each lung is composed of an external serous coat (a membrane), a subserous layer of areolar tissue; and the parenchyma (functional tissue of a gland or organ).
2006-12-12 13:58:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pleura, there is actually 2 membranes both serous in nature...visceral, and parietal. The visceral is the one that lines the lungs itself. There is a small space between then that when it becomes infected it is called pleurasy
2006-12-12 13:00:41 · answer #4 · answered by juno406 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Correctly spelled visceral pleura (the parietal pleura is attached to the body cavity around the lungs).
Update: I guess gentlemanfromalberta beat me to it.. I was correcting the first answer, not his.
2006-12-12 13:02:51 · answer #5 · answered by Erika S 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋