extrapleural fascia

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• Fascia — A flat band of tissue below the skin that covers underlying tissues and separates different layers of tissue. Fascia encloses muscles. Inflammation of the fascia is referred to as fasciitis. Fascia is the Latin word for band or bandage. * * * A… …   Medical dictionary

• endothoracic fascia — fascia endothoracica [TA] the extrapleural fascial sheet beneath the serous lining of the thoracic cavity; called also parietal fascia of thorax and fascia parietalis thoracis [TA alternative] …   Medical dictionary

• neumotórax extrapleural — Patología en la cual se forma aire o una bolsa de aire entre la capa de fascia pleural endotorácica y la pared torácica adyacente. Véase también neumotórax. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A.… …   Diccionario médico

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• pneumothorax — The presence of free air or gas in the pleural cavity. [G. pneuma, air, + thorax] artificial p. p. produced by the injection of air, or a more slowly absorbed gas such as nitrogen, into the pleural space; formerly used for collapse therapy of… …   Medical dictionary

• pneumonolysis — pneu·mo·nol·y·sis .n(y)ü mə näl ə səs n, pl y·ses .sēz either of two surgical procedures to permit collapse of a lung: a) separation of the parietal pleura from the fascia of the chest wall called also extrapleural pneumonolysis b) separation of… …   Medical dictionary