Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated between the right and left pleuræ or pleural cavities.
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Examples
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Interlobular pressure and interpleural pressure result in the same thing, viz., the permanent retention of the air external to the pulmonary cells, which, in the former case, are collapsed individually; and, in the latter case, in the mass.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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The Middle Mediastinum (Fig. 968) is the broadest part of the interpleural space.
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The Superior Mediastinum (Fig. 967) is that portion of the interpleural space which lies between the manubrium sterni in front, and the upper thoracic vertebræ behind.
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