pleural cavity

NOUN
  1. the cavity in the thorax that contains the lungs and heart
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How To Use pleural cavity In A Sentence

  • Immediately after thoracotomy, the pleural cavity was carefully washed with 100 mL of physical saline solution, and the fluid was examined.
  • Traditionally, syringomyelia has been treated with shunting of the cyst by placement of a catheter between the cyst and the subarachnoid space or pleural cavity.
  • Methods First, the serosal effusion was drained thoroughly, then donor lymphocytes were injected into pleural cavity once for all.
  • Parietal pleura  Visceral pleura  Pleural cavity  Potential space between the visceral and parietal pleurae  Pleurae help divide the thoracic cavity  Central mediastinum  Two lateral pleural compartments Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • It is one of the best ways to insufflate talc in the pleural cavity.
  • The effusion is often large and recurrent, arising from a fistulous tract between the pancreas and the pleural cavity, with or without pseudocyst formation.
  • Chemical pleurodesis consists of the introduction of asclerosing agent into the pleural cavity to achieve symphysis of the two pleural layers and, thus, obliteration of the pleural space.
  • Traditionally, syringomyelia has been treated with shunting of the cyst by placement of a catheter between the cyst and the subarachnoid space or pleural cavity.
  • If the lung is fully expansible and fills the pleural cavity while inflated by the anesthetist, talc is insufflated.
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