Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory (lung) ...

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

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

The lungs function like a tree, with bronchi branching into smaller bronchioles, which eventually lead to tiny air sacs called alveoli. Each human lung contains over 700 million 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 ...

Smoking also breaks down the lining of the alveoli, which means less gas exchange can occur and can lead to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cigarette smoke also contains carcinogen ...