The pleural membrane is found in the:

1. The pleural membrane is a lung structure, lining the lungs and the chest cavity. 2. It secretes pleural fluid, which lubricates the surfaces so the lungs slide freely during breathing. 3. Severe damage causes pain on breathing and reduced lung inflation. 4. Mistaking it for the eye leads to answers about blurred vision, and mistaking it for the tympanic membrane leads to answers about hearing loss. 5. Both of those confusions were recorded and both are wrong. _Source: NECTA ACSEE 2023 Biology 133/1, Question 2: Gaseous Exchange and Respiration_