The pleura now can be moved from the mediastinum. Once the upper portion of the lung is completely detached from the chest wall, the vessels entering the lung are exposed. On the left side, the ...

A pulmonary bleb is a small collection of air between the lung and the outer surface of the lung (visceral pleura) usually found in the upper lobe of the lung. When a bleb ruptures the air escapes ...

The pleura, a single layer of mesothelial cells, lines the entire thoracic cavity, and its constituent parts are named according to the tissue that overlies those respective parts. For example ...