At the base of the bronchial tubes are tiny air sacs that hold the air you breathe in, called alveoli. Your right lung has three balloon-like sections, called lobes, which are full of spongy tissue.

Bronchiole Each bronchus splits again and again into thousands of smaller tubes called bronchioles which take the air deeper into the lungs. Alveoli At the ends of bronchioles are tiny air sacs ...

We live in the fire zone in Altadena, California. After the evacuations ended, we came home, and now my throat is constantly ...

A team of scientists from the University of Leeds, England, has designed a robot with tentacles that is able to explore the lungs and penetrate the smallest clefts of the bronchi. With it ...

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 ...

The study suggests that repeated collapse and reopening of tiny alveoli -- air sacs in the lungs essential for breathing -- during mechanical ventilation may cause microscopic tissue damage ...