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Descriptor English: Pleural Cavity
Descriptor Spanish: Cavidad Pleural
Descriptor cavidad pleural
Scope note: Cavidad par, pero separada, situada dentro de la CAVIDAD TORÁCICA. Consiste en un espacio formado entre la PLEURA visceral y parietal, y que contiene normalmente una capa capilar de líquido seroso que lubrifica las superficies pleurales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cavidade Pleural
Descriptor French: Cavité pleurale
Entry term(s): Cavities, Pleural
Cavity, Pleural
Pleural Cavities
Tree number(s): A01.923.761.800.650
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D035422
Scope note: Paired but separate cavity within the THORACIC CAVITY. It consists of the space between the parietal and visceral PLEURA and normally contains a capillary layer of serous fluid that lubricates the pleural surfaces.
Annotation: PLEURA is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Pleura (1965-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36506
Unique ID: D035422
NLM Classification: WF 700
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Pleural Cavity - Preferred
Concept UI M0017041
Scope note Paired but separate cavity within the THORACIC CAVITY. It consists of the space between the parietal and visceral PLEURA and normally contains a capillary layer of serous fluid that lubricates the pleural surfaces.
Preferred term Pleural Cavity
Entry term(s) Cavities, Pleural
Cavity, Pleural
Pleural Cavities



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