ANAT20006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Pulmonary Plexus, Potential Space, Pulmonary Vein

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Anatomy and Neuroscience
• Course: ANAT20006
• Professor: Junhua Xiao

Document Summary

* the thoracic cavity is divided into 3 major components: Left pulmonary cavity - where the left lung sits. Right pulmonary cavity where the right lung sits. Mediastinum the space between the two lungs where the heart, trachea and great vessels are the mediastinum completely separates the right lung from the left lung. * each lung is a self-sufficient unit and is independent and separate from the other lungs. * the surface of the lung is covered by a single layer of serous membrane called the pleura. * the pleura is a continuous serous membrane that covers each lung and the wall of the pleural cavity. Parietal pleura covering the walls of the pleural cavity. Visceral pleura covering the surface of each lung. * the pleura covers the surface of the lungs and where it goes to the lung root is reflects away from the lung continuously and covers the rest of the thoracic cavity.