parietal pleura

Examples of parietal pleura in the following topics:

• The Mechanics of Human Breathing

  • The layer of tissue that covers the lung and dips into spaces is called the visceral pleura.
  • A second layer of parietal pleura lines the interior of the thorax .
  • A tissue layer called pleura surrounds the lung and interior of the thoracic cavity.

• Brain: Cerebral Cortex and Brain Lobes

  • The cerebral cortex of the brain is divided into four lobes responsible for distinct functions: frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital.
  • The parietal lobe is located at the top of the brain.
  • Neurons in the parietal lobe are involved in speech and reading.
  • The parietal lobe contains a somatosensory map of the body similar to the motor cortex.
  • The human cerebral cortex includes the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes, each of which is involved in a different higher function.

• Visual Processing

  • One stream that projects to the parietal lobe, in the side of the brain, carries magnocellular ("where") information.

• Human Axial Skeleton

  • The eight cranial bones include the frontal bone, two parietal bones, two temporal bones, the occipital bone, the sphenoid bone, and the ethmoid bone.
  • The cranial bones, including the frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, ethmoid, and sphenoid bones.

• The Nervous System

  • In mammals, these include the cortex (which can be broken down into four primary functional lobes: frontal, temporal, occipital, and parietal), basal ganglia, thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system, cerebellum, and brainstem; although structures in some of these designations overlap.

• Digestive System: Mouth and Stomach

  • Another cell type, parietal cells, secrete hydrogen and chloride ions, which combine in the lumen to form hydrochloric acid, the primary acidic component of the stomach juices.