The abnormal accumulation of extravascular fluid, pulmonary edema settles in the lung interstitium and alveoli. There, it ...

Damaged alveoli deliver less oxygen to tissues (hypoxia), which can damage every major organ. Pneumonia is a lung infection ...

but often extends into respiratory bronchioles and alveoli with intra-alveolar buds of granulation tissue resulting in bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). The lung architecture ...

DLCO is a type of pulmonary function test, which helps doctors see how well the lungs are functioning. DLCO measures the amount of carbon monoxide that transfers from the alveoli to red blood ...

A person’s windpipe splits into two bronchi, one for each lung. The bronchi then divide into smaller bronchi, which split into bronchioles. These lead to tiny air sacs known as alveoli.

one going to the left lung, the other to the right. The air is then divided into smaller airways called bronchioles until it reaches the alveoli. Inside the alveoli, oxygen moves into the tiny blood ...