Diaphragmatic pleura
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Different portions of the parietal pleura
have received special names which indicate their position: that clothing the convex surface of the diaphragm
is the diaphragmatic pleura. It, as well as the mediastinal pleura, is innervated by the phrenic nerve.
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: that clothing the convex surface of the diaphragm
Thoracic diaphragm
In the anatomy of mammals, the thoracic diaphragm, or simply the diaphragm , is a sheet of internal skeletal muscle that extends across the bottom of the rib cage. The diaphragm separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity and performs an important function in respiration...
is the diaphragmatic pleura. It, as well as the mediastinal pleura, is innervated by the phrenic nerve.