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Page 163 1 (Whereupon, Mrs. Grewe stood.) 1 cellophane covering of the lung. Page 165 2 MR. IGNATOWSKI: This is Mrs. Grewe. Her 2 Imagine if you would for a moment that this 3 husband was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma in 3 sponge, because the human lung is sometimes 4 October of 1992. 4 characterized as a sponge because it has airways that 5 He was dead within 11 months. He suffered 5 branch throughout it, and imagine for a moment that 6 excruciating pain and the evidence will show that. 6 this sponge is this left lung on this schematic 7 Mr. Vandergucht -- Mrs. Vandergucht, would 7 diagram. 8 you please stand. 8 Along the parietal pleura which is along the 9 (Whereupon, Mrs. Vandergucht stood.) 9 chest walls which you have your nerves and muscles, 10 MR. IGNATOWSKI: Mr. Vandergucht was 11 diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma of the 10 the intercostal muscles, is a lining of this material 11 which is called the parietal pleura. 12 abdominal cavity in October of 1980. 12 What it does is contains and is composed of 13 He was dead within 11 months. He suffered 13 something called mesothelial cells. These cells 14 excruciating pain, as the medical evidence in this 14 create a slippery surface, a substance. Almost like 15 case will show. 15 the little bit of fluid that you have in your eyeball 16 Mesothelioma happens and is caused by 16 that your eye can move around freely. 17 asbestos exposure. Each of these gentlemen had 17 The purpose of this covering here along the 18 significant occupational exposure in their employment, 18 chest wall and the covering on the lung is so that 19 and Mr. Shellenberger will explain that to you. 19 there is a smooth surface so that when you breathe in 20 It happens because asbestos fibers are very 20 and out, negative pressure when your diaphragm goes 21 small and microscopic, tiny, very sharp and very 21 down and air goes in, your chest wall can move Page 164 1 pointy and can be inhaled into the body and also 1 freely. Page 166 2 ingested and swallowed into the abdominal cavity. 2 In between these two spaces is called the 3 Now, this is a schematic of a thoracic 3 pleural space and has just a tiny bit of fluid so you 4 cavity; and this is just a diagram of the main stem 4 can breathe and your lungs can slide up and down 5 windpipe, the two lungs, the right lung and the left 5 easily. 6 lung. 6 On the lung itself is the visceral pleura 7 Asbestos fibers when inhaled, travel down 7 which is this cellophaney material as well which is 8 through these branch ways and they can get out into 8 the covering and protection of the lung. 9 these areas called the alveoli and the respiratory 9 This pleura extends down into your abdominal 10 bronchioles where respiration takes place. 10 cavity where your liver lies on the right and your 11 The lung is a very dynamic organ, ladies and 11 spleen, stomach, and intestines lie over on the left- 12 gentlemen. Its purpose is to get oxygen into our 12 hand side and the middle portion of your abdomen. 13 blood and carbon dioxide, which is a waste product. 13 This mesothelium, this mesothelial covering 14 out of our blood. 14 is about a 16th to 8th of an inch thick and it covers 15 Asbestos fibers because of their aerodynamic 15 the inside of the cavity and all of the organs and it 16 qualities can travel down into these airways and then 16 is there for protection. 17 through the normal course of breathing in and out, 17 The very ironic thing about it, ladies and 18 travel out to this area right here which is called the 18 gentlemen, is that asbestos fibers can, because it can 19 pleura. 19 penetrate into these areas, will affect these 20 Now, the pleura, ladies and gentlemen, has 20 mesothelial cells and after repeated and repeated 21 the appearance like a cellophane. It is like a 21 occupational exposures which you will see these 4 (Pages 163 to 166)