Assertion: visceral pleura | /r/CapableOf | invaginate into the lung
Facets:
value: to form contact
type: PURPOSE
value: to form the fissures
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Because the total thickness of the pleural space and the normal visceral and parietal pleura is only 0.2 to 0.4 mm, the pleural layers are not usually identified on radiographs or computed tomographic (CT) scans of the chest except (a) when outlined by air or extrapleural fat, (b) where the visceral pleura invaginates into the lung to form the fissures, or (c) where the two lungs contact each other at junctional lines (2).