Cervical pleura
Latin	c. pleurae
Gray's	subject #238 1088

Different portions of the parietal pleura have received special names which indicate their position: thus, that which rises into the neck, over the summit of the lung, is the cupula of the pleura (cervical pleura).

[edit] External links

• SUNY Figs 19:02-03
• -664076231 at GPnotebook
• thoraxlesson2 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
• Atlas of anatomy at UMich lung_pleura
• MedEd at Loyola Grossanatomy/thorax0/thor_lec/thor6.html

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