This action decreases pressure and increases the space in the thoracic cavity, allowing your lungs to expand as you inhale. When the diaphragm relaxes, your chest cavity becomes smaller and your lungs ...

There are two pleura, one for each lung. Each pleura is a single membrane that folds back on itself to form two layers. The space between the membranes (called the pleural cavity or intrapleural space ...

First, we more than double the height of the sample space to provide a sufficiently large volume for accommodating the instrumental assembly for a 10-cm silicon cavity. Second, we design a five-layer ...