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RECESSUS PLEURALES [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Respiratory System
DEF

The spaces where the different portions of the pleura join at an angle and which are never completely filled by lung tissue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil respiratoire
DEF

Les deux culs-de-sac de la cavité pleurale, formés par l'angle de réflexion de la plèvre pariétale sur la plèvre viscérale : le recessus costo-diaphragmatique et le recessus costo-médiastinal.

OBS

Ancienne nomenclature : culs-de-sac pleuraux; sinus pleuraux.

Spanish

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