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Descriptor English: Pleura
Descriptor Spanish: Pleura
Descriptor pleura
Scope note: Delgada membrana serosa que envuelve a los pulmones (PULMÓN) y recubre la CAVIDAD TORÁCICA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pleura
Descriptor French: Plèvre
Entry term(s): Plèvre pariétale
Plèvre pulmonaire
Plèvre viscérale
Séreuse pleurale
Tree number(s): A04.716
A10.615.789.736
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010994
Scope note: The thin serous membrane enveloping the lungs (LUNG) and lining the THORACIC CAVITY. Pleura consist of two layers, the inner visceral pleura lying next to the pulmonary parenchyma and the outer parietal pleura. Between the two layers is the PLEURAL CAVITY which contains a thin film of liquid.
Annotation: /surg: consider also PNEUMONOLYSIS; inflammation = PLEURISY; PLEURAL CAVITY is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
Related: Pleurésie MeSH
Pneumolyse MeSH
DeCS ID: 11422
Unique ID: D010994
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Plèvre - Preferred
Concept UI M0017040
Preferred term Plèvre
Entry term(s) Séreuse pleurale
Plèvre viscérale - Narrower
Concept UI M0475466
Preferred term Plèvre viscérale
Entry term(s) Plèvre pulmonaire
Plèvre pariétale - Narrower
Concept UI M0475467
Preferred term Plèvre pariétale



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