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PLEURA
~ PLEURA id+ | RIB |
biol> THE PLEURA IS A MEMBRANE
ATTACHED TO THE RIBS and to THE LUNGS
gr PLEURON = RIBS see> BREATH
note sug> COSTAL sug> COAST sug> COAST SIDE
med> denotes an INFLAMMATION WHICH OFTEN CAUSES
PAIN IN THE SIDE or COSTAL DISCOMFORT
THE PLEURA IS A MEMBRANE LINING
THE THORACCIC CAVITY or RIBS and
THE LUNGS AND CREATING A VIRTUAL SPACE
BETWEEN THE CHEST WALL AND
THE LUNG or PULMONARY TISSUES see> PULMO
WHEN LUNGS ARE PUNCTURED
THE PLEURAL CAVITY MAY FILL WITH AIR
as in PNEUMOTHORAX see> PNEUMO
INFLAMMATION or PLEURISY MAY FILL
THE CAVITY WITH FLUID sug> PLEURITIS
biol> PLEURODONT are a
TYPE OF TEETH in some LIZARDS
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