Costomediastinal recess

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Costomediastinal recess
Front view of thorax, showing the relations of the pleuræ and lungs to the chest wall. Pleura in blue; lungs in purple.
Latin	recessus costomediastinalis pleuralis
Dorlands/Elsevier	r_05/12696588

The costomediastinal recess is a potential space at the border of the mediastinal pleura and the costal pleura.

[edit] See also

• Costodiaphragmatic recess
• Mediastinum

[edit] External links

• 47185978 at GPnotebook
• SUNY Labs 19:03-0101 - "Pleural Cavities and Lungs: The Costomediastinal Recess"
• Atlas of anatomy at UMich lung_pleura - "X-ray, chest, posteroanterior view"
• Diagram at port.ac.uk

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