Respiratory system: lungs & pleural membrane

hemothorax

The filling of pleural cavity with blood is called?

pleurisy (pleuritis)

is inflammation of the pleural membranes, often caused by pneumonia. The inflammation makes it painful every time you take a breath.

Diaphragm

the base of the lungs rests on the muscular __________ inferior to the lungs.

visceral pleura

the inner layer of pleura that surrounds each lung

pleural cavity

Ea lung sits w/in its own _____ _______(that is, ea lung is isolated from the other)

parietal pleura

The superficial layer, the ______ ______, lines the wall of the thoracic cavity

Pneumothorax

Air filling the pleural cavities most commonly introduced in a surgical opening of the chest, gunshot or a stab wound, may cause the lungs to collapse is called...?

pleural effusion

If the inflammation persists, excess fluid accumulates in the pleural space, a condition known as

hilum

Medially, ea lung has an indentation called the ______ (aka Hilus) where the bronchi, pulmonary arteries/veins, nerves, etc., enter & leave the lung

Friction

Pleural fluid reduces the _______ bt the visceral & parietal membranes

Atelectasis

The partial or rarely the entire collapse of the lung is called _________' . Treatment: evacuation of the air to allow the lung to re-inflate

pleural fluid

The pleural cavity is filled with what kind of fluid?

Apex

The superior tip of the lung is the ____

surface tension

causes the 2 membranes stick to one another just as a film of H2O bt 2 microscope slides because of the ______ tension