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pleura (ploorŽә) the serous membrane investing the lungs (visceral or pulmonary pleura) and lining the walls of the thoracic cavity (parietal pleura); the two layers enclose a potential space, the pleural cavity.
Pleura; for purpose of illustration, the pleural cavity is shown as an actual space.
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