Cervical pleura
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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).
Parietal pleura
The portion of the pleura external to the pulmonary pleura lines the inner surface of the chest wall, covers the diaphragm, and is reflected over the structures occupying the middle of the thorax; this portion is termed 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).