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The visceral pleura (100X)

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The visceral pleura. Image copyright: University of Oslo, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. (Tissue stain: H+E).

To the left you'll se the visceral pleura at about 10X magnification. The visceral pleura is one of the two layers of the pleura, a double-layered membrane that surrounds the lungs. The visceral pleura is the innermost layer and directly covers the surface of the lungs.

Published April 28th 2023, updated January 18th 2024.