PLEURA

ploorˈə, membranous lining of the upper body cavity and covering for the lungs. The pleura is a two-layered structure: the parietal pleura lines the walls of the chest cage and covers the upper surface of the diaphragm, and the pulmonary pleura, or visceral layer, tightly covers the surface of the lungs. The two layers, which are in fact one continuous sheet of tissue, are generally connected to each other. In humans, the pleural cavity is further separated into left and right sides by the heart and pericardial cavity. There is normally a slight amount of watery fluid within the pleural cavity that lubricates the pleural surfaces and allows the lungs to slide freely over the inner surface of the thoracic wall during breathing. When a lung collapses or develops an infection, a condition known as pleurisy can develop. The pleura becomes inflamed, and the pleural cavity becomes noticeably larger. Pleurisy can be extremely painful, but can be medically eradicated in many cases. Mesothelioma is a tumor of the pleura seen most frequently in asbestos workers.

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books on: Pleura  - 182 results

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Encyclopedia of Family Health - Vol. 12
Book by David B. Jacoby, Robert M. Youngson; Marshall Cavendish, 2005
Subjects: Health--Encyclopedias, Medicine, Popular--Encyclopedias
As this sheet of visceral pleura leaves the lung surface at each hilum...it forms another sheet, the parietal pleura, which spreads around the inside of...the visceral and parietal layers of pleura are always in contact with each other...
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The Physiological Basis of Physical Education and Athletics
Book by Donald K. Mathews, Edward L. Fox, Nancy Allison Close; W. B. Saunders, 1971
Subjects: Sports medicine, Sports--Physiological aspects
...collectively known as the pleurae singular, pleura . The outer surface of...outer surface of the other pleura covers the lungs; this is the visceral pleura visceral pertains to interior...space" between these two pleurae is called the pleural...
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The Magic Mountain: Der Zauberberg
Book by Thomas Mann, H. T. Lowe-Porter; Alfred A. Knopf, 1953
Subjects: Germany--Fiction, Sanatoriums--Fiction
...He had suffered a frightful shock, the pleura- shock -- a quite frequent occurrence...pierce through too soon -- to go over the pleura and find the place where he can make an...and when he begins moving about over my pleura with his instrument --- oh, Lord...
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Encyclopedia of Family Health - Vol. 13
Includes: Psychotherapy - Scans
Book by David B. Jacoby, Robert M. Youngson; Marshall Cavendish, 2005
Subjects: Health--Encyclopedias, Medicine, Popular--Encyclopedias
...structure that is responsive to pain is the pleura (the membrane that lines the lung). Pleurisy, an inflammation of the pleura caused by a virus or by pneumonia...then causes an inflammation of the pleura lining the lung Theie is also pain...
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Encyclopedia of Family Health - Vol. 2
Book by David B. Jacoby, Robert M. Youngson; Marshall Cavendish, 2005
Subjects: Health--Encyclopedias, Medicine, Popular--Encyclopedias
...chest cavity from the abdomen. A double membrane known as the pleura surrounds each lung. The outer pleura is attached to the chest walls and to the diaphragm; the inner pleura is attached to each lung. Between the two membranes of the pleura...
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journal articles on: Pleura  - 59 results

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Increased Risk of Malignant Mesothelioma of the Pleura after Residential or Domestic Exposure to Asbestos: A Case-Control Study in Casale Monferrato, Italy
Journal article by Corrado Magnani, Paola Dalmasso, Annibale Biggeri, Cristiana Ivaldi, Dario Mirabelli, Benedetto Terracini; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 109, 2001
...risk of malignant mesothelioma of the pleura after residential or domestic exposure...study on malignant mesothelioma of the pleura in Casale Monferrato, Italy. Cases Subjects...study on malignant mesothelioma of the pleura in Casale Monferrato, Italy. Analysis...
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Cancer Mortality in Workers Exposed to Organochlorine Compounds in the Pulp and Paper Industry: An International Collaborative Study
Journal article by David Mclean, Neil Pearce, Hilde Langseth, Paavo Jappinen, Irena Szadkowska-Stanczyk, Bodil Persson, Pascal Wild, Reiko Kishi, Elsebeth Lynge, Paul Henneberger, Maria Sala, Kay Teschke, Timo Kauppinen, Didier Colin, Manolis Kogevinas, Paolo Boffetta; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 114, 2006
Subjects: Cancer research--Health aspects, Cancer--Health aspects, Cancer--Research, Oncology, Experimental--Health aspects, Paper industry--Health aspects, Pulp industry--Health aspects, Wood pulp industry--Health aspects, Workers--Health aspects
...for liver cancer and for cancer of the pleura. The risk estimates, and the positive trend, for cancer of the pleura were essentially unchanged after adjustment...volatile organochlorines were cancer of the pleura, "other respiratory," and "penis...
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Influence of Exposure Concentration or Dose on the Distribution of Particulate Material in Rat and Human Lungs
Journal article by Kristen J. Nikula, Val Vallyathan, Francis H. Y. Green, Fletcher F. Hahn; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 109, 2001
...alveolar level. Finally, rats have thin pleura, relatively few pleural lymphatics...connective tissue, whereas humans have thick pleura, relatively abundant pleural lymphatics...Nonhuman primates generally have thicker pleura and more pleural lymphatics than rats...
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Vermiculite, Respiratory Disease, and Asbestos Exposure in Libby, Montana: Update of a Cohort Mortality Study
Journal article by Patricia A. Sullivan; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 115, 2007
Subjects: Environmental illness--Development and progression, Environmental illness--Risk factors, Environmentally induced diseases--Development and progression, Environmentally induced diseases--Risk factors, Libby, Montana--Health aspects, Lung cancer--Risk factors, Occupational health and safety--Research, Occupational safety and health--Research, Tremolite--Chemical properties, Tremolite--Health aspects, Vermiculite--Contamination, Vermiculite--Health aspects, Vermiculite--Usage
...CI, 1.4-2.1), cancer of the pleura (SMR = 23.3; 95% CI, 6.3-59...excess in mortality from cancer of the pleura (SMR = 23.3; 95% CI, 6.3-59...cancers, lung cancer, cancer of the pleura, and asbestosis. Mortality from asbestosis...
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Cancer Mortality and Incidence of Mesothelioma in a Cohort of Wives of Asbestos Workers in Casale Monferrato, Italy
Journal article by Daniela Ferrante, Marinella Bertolotti, Annalisa Todesco, Dario Mirabelli, Benedetto Terracini, Corrado Magnani; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 115, 2007
Subjects: Asbestos--Health aspects, Hazardous occupations--Research, Married women--Health aspects, Mesothelioma--Risk factors
...01) and for malignant neoplasms of the pleura (SMR = 18.00; p < 0.01). Other...Lung 12 10.3 1.17 (0.60-2.04) Pleura 21 1.2 18.00 (11.14-27.52...pre Table 4. Incidence of MM of the pleura diagnosed histologically or <br/ cytologically...
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The Class of 1997-part 2
Magazine article by Michael C. Vinson, W. Marvin Davis, I. Wade Waters; Drug Topics, Vol. 142, March 2, 1998
Subjects: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, Continuing education, FDA approval, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Manycompanies, Manyproducts, Pharmacists, Prescription drugs, Roberts Pharmaceutical Corp, Side effects, SmithKline Beecham, United States, Warner-Lambert Co
...provoke an inflammatory reaction of the pleural surfaces. This promotes adherence of the visceral pleura (outer surface of the lung) to the parietal pleura (inner surface of the thoracic cavity). The consequent obliteration of the pleural space...
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A History of the Deadly Dust
Magazine article; Multinational Monitor, Vol. 21, September 2000
Subjects: Asbestos, Castleman, Barry, Health, Litigation, Workers
...being a very rare form of cancer called mesothelioma of the pleura and peritoneum, which are, respectively, the thin membranes...enclosing the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity. Cancers of the pleura and peritoneum are rare in the general population but quite...
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The Red Baron
Magazine article; The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 265, January 1993
Subjects: Mental disorders
...the patient cannot fully expand it. The cause is usually pleuritis, which is inflammation of the lining of the lungs (the pleura). The next test obtained in the ED was a chest x-ray. The x-ray machine is kept in a small room just off the side of...
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Global Asbestos Justice
Magazine article by Laurie Kazen-Allen; Multinational Monitor, Vol. 21, September 2000
Subjects: Asbestos, Cape PLC, House of Lords-UK, Litigation, South Africa, United Kingdom
...H. Thompson documented the relationship between environmental exposure to asbestos and mesothelioma. "Mesothelioma of the Pleura and Peritoneum Following Exposure to Asbestos in the London Area" concluded that "among those with no evidence of occupational...


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Pleurisy Diagnosis Is Worrying Me; HEALTH OUR expertHEALTH OUR Expert Dr JOANNA LONGSTAFFE Clinical Director of the Independent General Practice Answers Your Medical Clinical Director of the Independent General Practice Answers Your Medical
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), January 5, 2011
Subjects: Family medicine--Health aspects, Medical practice--Health aspects, Medicine--Health aspects, Medicine--Practice, Pleurisy--Health aspects
...its effects? APleurisy occurs when the pleura - the lining separating your lungs and...either by infection or disease. The pleura itself is made up of layers, in between...and painlessly when you breathe. If the pleura is irritated, it becomes inflamed and...
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My Love Life's Hit by His Heart Attack
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), February 4, 2007
Subjects: Heart attack
...lungs fill up the whole space and dont rub against the ribcage due to a coating called the pleura. When there is damage to the lung or rib near the pleura, it starts to seep fluid into the pleural cavity. When this builds up it interferes with...
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Your LIFE: Asbestos Killed My Mum, Dad, Brothers and Uncle ..Now It Could Kill Me Too; the Sudden Death of Valerie Pask's Dad Was the Start of a Horrific Legacy of Untimely Deaths in the Family All Linked to Asbestos Exposure. Here Valerie, 55, from Retford, Notts, Explains Why She Feels like a Ticking Timebomb
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), September 17, 2007
...MESOTHELIOMA: A form of lung cancer which affects the covering, or pleura, of the lung. Can take 20-50 years to develop after exposure...PLAQUES AND PLEURAL THICKENING: Plaques are small areas of the pleura which become thicker and, with time, harden. Thickening occurs...
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Asbestos Timebomb in Wales' Classrooms; Wherever There Is Asbestos in Our Schools, Then There Is a Risk'
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 27, 2009
Subjects: Asbestos
...Mesothelioma is a cancer which affects the lining of the lungs (pleura) and the lining surrounding the lower digestive tract (peritoneum...happens after heavy asbestos exposure. The lining of the lung (pleura) thickens and swells. If this gets worse, the lung itself...
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Asbestos Timebomb in Wales' Classrooms; 'Wherever There Is Asbestos in Our Schools, Then There Is a Risk'
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 27, 2009
Subjects: Asbestos
...Mesothelioma is a cancer which affects the lining of the lungs (pleura) and the lining surrounding the lower digestive tract (peritoneum...happens after heavy asbestos exposure. The lining of the lung (pleura) thickens and swells. If this gets worse, the lung itself...
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encyclopedia articles on: Pleura  - 5 results

 
 
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Pleura
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PLEURA ploor , membranous lining of the upper body cavity and covering for the lungs . The pleura is a two-layered structure: the parietal pleura lines the walls of the chest cage and covers the upper surface...
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Asbestos , Mineral
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...cause of asbestosis (thickening and scarring of lung tissue) and as a cause of mesothelioma (a highly lethal tumor of the pleura ) as well as of cancers of the lung, intestines, and liver. In 1972, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration began...
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Pneumothorax
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...characteristic signs of lung collapse. Simple pneumothorax of only one lung generally requires only rest; the break in the pleura usually heals quickly after collapse of the lung has taken place. In tension pneumothorax (where there is high intrapleural...
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Lungs
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...lobes. In humans, the left lung has two lobes; the right lung three. The lungs are covered by a thin membrane called the pleura . They are expanded and contracted (thereby inhaling and exhaling air) by the combined movement of the diaphragm and the rib...
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Pleurisy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PLEURISY ploor ise, inflammation of the pleura (the membrane that covers the lungs and lines the chest cavity). It is sometimes accompanied by pain and coughing. The inflammation...


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