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Editor's Notes
Serous membrane that covers the lungs
The two layers become continuous with one another
by means of a cuff of pleura that surrounds the structures
entering and leaving the lung at the hilum of each lung
(Figs. 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5). To allow for movement of the pulmonary
vessels and large bronchi during respiration, the
pleural cuff hangs down as a loose fold called the pulmonary
ligament (Fig. 3.5).
The inferior pulmonary ligament is a fused triangular-shaped sheet of parietal and visceral pleura that extends from the hilum to the dome of the hemidiaphragm. It extends from the mediastinum to the medial surface of the lower lobe and is extra-parenchymal to the lung.
Right side: (superior to inferior) Eparterial bronchus, pulmonary artery, hyparterial bronchus and pulmonary vein
Left Side: (superior to inferior) Pulmonary artery, bronchus and pulmonary vein.
The costodiaphragmatic recesses are slitlike spaces
between the costal and diaphragmatic parietal pleurae that
are separated only by a capillary layer of pleural fluid. During
inspiration, the lower margins of the lungs descend into
the recesses. During expiration, the lower margins of the
lungs ascend so that the costal and diaphragmatic pleurae
come together again.
The costomediastinal recesses are situated along the
anterior margins of the pleura. They are slitlike spaces
between the costal and mediastinal parietal pleurae, which
are separated by a capillary layer of pleural fluid. During
inspiration and expiration, the anterior