costodiaphragmatic recess (phrenicocostal sinus)

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Introduction

The cleft like expansion of the pleural cavity between the diaphragm & the rib cage. Due to the partial entering of the lung, it is the site of thoracocentesis.

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.