| 11. | The fissures are double folds of pleura that section the lungs and help in their expansion.
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| 12. | It is used in pleurodesis ( fusion of the pleura because of incessant pleural effusions ).
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| 13. | The side lobes of the thorax ( or pleurae, singular pleura ) have rounded ends.
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| 14. | He died in Dana Point, California at age 72 from mesothelioma, a rare pleura.
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| 15. | Terga are separated from each other and from the adjacent sterna or pleura by a membrane.
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| 16. | The first four abdominal pleura are broadly rounded, the fifth ends in a blunt angle.
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| 17. | The visceral pleura receives its blood supply from the bronchial circulation, which also supplies the lungs.
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| 18. | An important taxonomic character is the precise location of the anterior spiracles on the pleura of the thorax.
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| 19. | The four principal regions of an insect body segment are : tergum or dorsal, pleura or laterals.
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| 20. | The parietal pleura receives its blood supply from the intercostal arteries, which also supply the overlying body wall.
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