Different portions of the parietal pleura

Parietal pleura

The portion of the pleura external to the pulmonary pleura lines the inner surface of the chest wall, covers the diaphragm, and is reflected over the structures occupying the middle of the thorax; this portion is termed the parietal pleura....

 have received special names which indicate their position: thus, that portion which lines the inner surfaces of the ribs and Intercostales is the costal pleura

Costal pleura

Different portions of the parietal pleura have received special names which indicate their position: thus, that portion which lines the inner surfaces of the ribs and Intercostales is the costal pleura....

; that clothing the convex surface of the diaphragm is the diaphragmatic pleura

Diaphragmatic pleura

Different portions of the parietal pleura have received special names which indicate their position: that clothing the convex surface of the diaphragm is the diaphragmatic pleura. It, as well as the mediastinal pleura, is innervated by the phrenic nerve....

; that which rises into the neck, over the summit of the lung, is the cupula of the pleura (cervical pleura

Cervical pleura

Different portions of the parietal pleura have received special names which indicate their position: thus, that which rises into the neck, over the summit of the lung, is the cupula of the pleura ....

); and that which is applied to the other thoracic viscera is the mediastinal pleura.