dome of pleura

cer·vi·cal pleur·a

[TA]
the dome-shaped roof of the pleural cavity extending up through the superior aperture of the thorax.
Synonym(s): cupula pleurae [TA], dome of pleura ☆ , pleural cupula ☆
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In the root of neck each artery arches across the dome of pleura behind the scalenus anterior muscle which divides it into three parts viz.
Remaining cadavers were showing the subclavian arch crossing the dome of pleura below the level of pleural apex.
Anatomical considerations and clinical implications of subclavian artery

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