Diagram Of The Lungs Pleura. They are spongy elastic and are enclosed by two membranes called pleura. Each lung has two separate pleurae.
It also has a medial surface and with three borders anterior. Both right and left pleural lines descend down the midline. The pleural cavity is the fluid filled space between the parietal and visceral pleura and provides room for the lung to expand during inhalation.
There are two types of pleura in our chest.
In case one lung injures its pleura the other one can remain intact. They are spongy elastic and are enclosed by two membranes called pleura. The endothoracic fascia joins it to the inner side of the thoracic cavity. Parietal pleura location it is affixed to the wall of the thoracic cavity and covers the superior diaphragm surface.