Yes, for example when you smoke you can stop smoking and your lungs will become a little pinker but you can not change shape or size i dont think.
No, you don't you descrese your change
In 2002, researchers announced the discovery of a chromosomal region that shows the earliest genetic change in the development of lung cancer.
they died of lung disease
Airflow increases when surfactant is applied because the resistance to lung inflation has been reduced.
Of the many symptoms of lung cancer, one of the first that is noticed is a cough that will not go away. However other symptoms such as shortness of breath, recurring pneumonia, and change of voice often trigger awareness of the possibility of lung cancer in a patient.
Lung compliance = Lung expandability
They change gases through their skin. They ubsorb the oxygen they need.
The right lung has three lobes.
The term air bronchogram is used to describe a condition in which the bronchi stand out prominently due to increased contrast brought about by changes in the surrounding lung tissue. The change can be due to pneumonic consolidation, collapse of a part of the lung, or inflammatory edema in the lung tissue. It is not specific to any disease.
A nodule on the lung are small masses, and usually are nothing to worry about and are benign. the doctor will keep an eye on them. If they change in size or shape, the doctor will run further tests to make sure its not cancer.
to accommodate the heart
The left lung is smaller than the right.