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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 ]
Term info
Label
visceral pleura
Synonyms
- pleura pulmonalis
- pleura visceralis
- pleura visceralis (pulmonalis)
- pulmonary visceral pleura
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
indicates that a synonym is used in an inconsistent or confusing way, typically between species
pulmonary pleura
[
FMA
:
9734
]
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 obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
lung mesothelium, pulmonary pleura, lung pleura
id
UBERON:0002401
Term relations
Subclass of:
- connected anatomical structure
- mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure
- visceral serous membrane
- adjacent_to some lung
- attached to some lung parenchyma
- part of some lung
- part of some pleura
- contributes to morphology of some pleura