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The membrane lining on the lung is the visceral pleura and the membrane lining the inside of the chest cavity is the parietal pleura.
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What is the moist covering the lung and chest cavity wall on each side?
The pleura
What cavity are the lung and heart in?
Chest cavity
What is the membrane that surrounds each lung and reduces the friction of breathing?
They are called pleura. There are 2 membranes, the visceral which is the outer slippery covering, and the parietal which is the inner covering, with a cavity in between them called the pleural cavity
What is pnuemothorax?
the presence of air or gas in the cavity between the lungs and the chest wall, causing collapse of the lung
What cavity does the pleural membrane line?
Visceral Pleura lining the lungs and Parietal pleuraParietal PleuraParietal Pleurathe parietal pleura.
What is in the right side of the chest cavity?
The right lung
The serous membrane on the lung surface is called the what?
Pleural Cavity is the body cavity that surrounds the right and left lung. The pleura is a serous membrane which folds back to form a two-layered, membrane structure. The thin space between the two pleural layers is known as the pleural cavity; it normally contains a small amount of pleural fluid. The outer pleura parietal pleura is attached to the chest wall. The inner pleura, visceral pleura covers the lungs and adjoining structures.
Why must you seal an chest wound?
This stops air from entering the chest cavity, and prevents collapsing the lung.
What is pneumothorax-?
Air in the chest (Thorax) causes the lung to collapse. This can be spontaneous or after chest injuries
How do chest tubes work to fix a collapsed lung?
I am not in the medical field. But if a lung collapses it means that there is air getting between the lung and the chest cavity creating pressure against the lung. A tube placed in the chest wall will relieve the pressure there. When the lung fills with air it pushes the air out of the tube. Then you can block the tube to give the chest cavity back the slight vacuum it had before. That is why your chest expands when you breate in. I hope this is right and I am not stepping on any toes out there.
What is a hemo-thorax?
Hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung (the pleural cavity).
What are you attempting to prevent by sealing a sucking chest wound?
Tension pneumothorax which is where the lung cavity fills with air and crushes the remaining good lung.
