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Page 3689 1 were to open someone up, the first thing you would see 2 when you got inside of the ribs and the chest cavity 3 would be the pleura; is that correct? 4 A That is right. 5 Q This area which is supposed to be very thin 6 like.cellophane or Saran Wrap? 7- A Yes. 8 Q Below that you would get into the lung 9 tissue itself, correct? 10 A That is correct. 11 Q In a normal, healthy person, can you 12 actually peel off or remove the pleura? 13 A Not really. 14 The ladies in the jury will know what I am 15 talking about when I say that the inside of a chest 16 would be like looking at the back of a plate of short 17 ribs, which is that it has a kind of a shiny quality 18 to it which you can see -- well, the shiny part is 19 very, very thin and delicate, and that is the pleura. 20 And in Mr. Wood you wouldn't have been able 21 to see under -- through the pleura at this point