pleural cavity

Preferred Label : pleural cavity;

Uberon definition : The fluid-filled cavity that lies between the visceral and parietal pleurae.;

Uberon Function note : The contraction of the diaphragm creates a negative pressure within the pleural cavity which forces the lungs to expand resulting in passive exhalation and active inhalation. This breathing process can be made forceful through the contraction of the external intercostal muscles which forces the rib cage to expand and add to the negative pressure in the pleural cavity causing the lungs to fill with air. The fluid in the cavity provides lubrication and cushioning;

Uberon Homology note : In hagfishes a transverse septum extends upward from the ventral body wall posterior to the heart, partly separating an anterior pericardial cavity from a larger peritoneal cavity. (...) These basic relationships have not been modified by urodeles. The small pericardial cavity remains far forward where it is separated by a transverse septum from the principal coelom, which may now be called a pleuroperitoneal cavity because slender lungs are present. (...) The heart [of other tetrapods] is separated from the lungs (and liver if present) by more or less horizontal partitions that have their origin in the embryo as folds on the serous membrane of the right and left lateral body walls. These grow out to join in the midline of the body. They are called lateral mesocardia (birds) or pleuropericardial membranes. Posteriorly they join the transverse septum to form the adult pericardial membrane, or pericardium. (...) In their partitioning of their coelom, embryonic mammals resemble first early fishes (incomplete partition, posterior to heart, consisting of the transverse septum) and then reptiles (pericardium derived from transverse septum and pleuropericardial membranes). Mammals then separate paired pleural cavities from the peritoneal cavity by a diaphragm. The ventral portion of this organ comes from the transverse septum. The dorsal portion is derived from the dorsal mesentery and from still another pair of outgrowths from the lateral body wall, the pleuroperitoneal membranes.[well established][VHOG];

Details

Origin ID

0002402;

UMLS CUI

C0178802;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Pleural cavity [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Pleural cavity [ICHI extension code]
- Pleural cavity [ICHI extension code]
- Pleural cavity [ICHI target]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Pleural Cavity [NCIt concept]
- Pleural cavity [FMA entity]
- Pleural cavity structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pleural space [LOINC System]
- pleural cavity [MeSH concept]
- pleural cavity [MeSH Descriptor]
- pleural cavity, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- pleural space [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Pleural Cavity [NCIt concept]
- Pleural cavity [FMA entity]
- Pleural cavity structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pleural space [LOINC System]
- Pleural space [LOINC part]
- pleural cavity [MeSH concept]
- pleural cavity [MeSH Descriptor]
- pleural cavity, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire pleural cavity (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pleural Cavity [NCIt concept]
- Pleural cavity [FMA entity]
adjacent to
- parietal pleura [UBERON concept]
- pleuroperitoneal membrane [UBERON concept]
- visceral pleura [UBERON concept]
develops from
- intraembryonic coelom [UBERON concept]
has part
- pleural cavity [UBERON concept]
location of
- mesothelium of pleural cavity [UBERON concept]
- pleural fluid [UBERON concept]
luminal space of
- pleural sac [UBERON concept]
part of
- pleural cavity [UBERON concept]
- pleural sac [UBERON concept]

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