Diaphragmatic pleura

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Diaphragmatic pleura

Front view of thorax, showing the relations of the pleuræ and lungs to the chest wall. Pleura in blue; lungs in purple.
Latin	p. diaphragmatica
Gray's	subject #238 1088
Dorlands/Elsevier	p_24/12646763

Different portions of the parietal pleura have received special names which indicate their position: that clothing the convex surface of the diaphragm is the diaphragmatic pleura.

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SUNY Figs 19:02-04
Norman/Georgetown thoraxlesson2
Atlas of anatomy at UMich lung_pleura - "X-ray, chest, posteroanterior view"
MedEd at Loyola Grossanatomy/thorax0/thor_lec/thor6.html

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v • d • e Anatomy of torso, respiratory system: Lungs and related structures

lungs	right • left • lingula • apex • base • root • cardiac notch • cardiac impression • hilum • borders (anterior, posterior, inferior) • surfaces (costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic) • fissures (oblique, horizontal)

conducting zone	trachea (tracheal rings, carina) • bronchi • main bronchus (right, left) • lobar/secondary bronchi (eparterial bronchus) • segmental/tertiary bronchi (bronchopulmonary segment) • bronchiole • terminal bronchiole

respiratory zone	respiratory bronchiole • alveolar duct • alveolus • alveolar-capillary barrier

pleurae	parietal pleura (cervical, costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic) • visceral pleura • pulmonary ligament • recesses (costomediastinal, costodiaphragmatic) • pleural cavity