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| Lining of the abdominal organs |
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| Cavity of the body containing the lungs |
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| Cavity of the body containing the heart |
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| Pleura lining the thoracic wall and the wall between the paired pleural cavities |
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| Serosa of the pleural cavities |
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| Name for the body cavity completely lined with serosa |
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| Pleura enveloping the lungs |
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| Transverse muscle wall separating the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity |
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| Shiny epithelium lining the body cavity; it secretes a lubricating fluid which facilitates smooth gliding of inner organs |
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| The space between pleural cavities and the parietal pleura filling with connective tissue, blood vessels, the esophagus, thymus and pericardial cavity |
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| Serosa lining of the pericardial cavity |
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| Material enveloping the heart |
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| Thin membranes connecting the viscera to the body wall and to one another |
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