The invaginated serous membrane that surrounds the lungs (the visceral portion) and lines the walls of the pleural cavity (parietal portion). [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_pleurae https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1231 MP:0010820 ]
Synonyms: wall of pleural sac
Term information
- CALOHA:TS-2081
- BTO:0001791
- Wikipedia:Pleura
- EFO:0001980
- MA:0000433
- EV:0100044
- FMA:9583
- NCIT:C12469
- MESH:D010994
- SCTID:181609007
- VHOG:0000394
- GAID:360
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
- serous membrane and part of some pleural sac and has part some parietal pleura and has part some visceral pleura
- serous membrane
- mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure
- has quality some invaginated
- part of some pleural sac
- develops from some lateral plate mesoderm
- contributes to morphology of some respiratory system
- has part some parietal pleura
- has part some visceral pleura