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Yes. People get lobe transplants all the time. There are two lobes on the left side of your lungs and 3 on the right. For a lobe transplant, two donors each give one lobe to the recipient and a fragment of one side of their lungs. (One person left, the other right) After, the person usually recovers fully after 4-10 days. It can be dangerous to the donors health, though if they develop a lung disease later in life. It was first tested on animals, before people started using it in the early 1990's.
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∙ 15y agoSure, you can even lose one lung completely and still remain alive.
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∙ 6y agoYou might survive if you lose the left lung which has 2 lobes compared to the right which has 3. But the result would be chronic hypoxemia lung disease which is terminal.
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Name the lobes of the rat's lungs?
Pigs have 4 lobes in their right lung and 3 lobes in their left lung. The 3 lobes of the left lung are apical, cardiac, and diaphragmatic lobes.
What is the differences in the number of rat lung lobes?
The right lung has four lobes. And the left lung has one.
How many parts make up each lung?
Each lung has more than one "lobe" or section. The right lung has three, and the left lung has only two to leave room for the heart where the upper left lobe would be.
How do the seven lobes of the cat lung compare with humans?
A cat has 7 lobes of the lung. The right side has 3; the right apical, right cardiac, and right diaphragmatic. The left also has 3; the left apical, left cardiac, and left diaphragmatic. There is one lobe directly in between both sides called the intermediate lobe.
Why cant you live without a lung?
You can. You won't be able to very physically active, but people have survived with only one lung.
Why don't our lungs have the same amount of lobes?
Lungs don't have the same amount of lobes because they are just like the rest of our body. One arm is longer, one foot is bigger, etc. Each lung has various amounts of lobes.
How right and left lungs are different?
The Left lung is smaller and has only two lobes, but the right lung is bigger and has three lobes also has less room because youe heart is located on your left side so thats why it is smaller and lighter.
What is the purpose of the medical procedure lobectomy?
A surgical procedure performed to remove one of the lobes of the lungs. The procedure may be performed when an abnormality has been detected in the lung. A lobe of the lung may be removed to avoid spread of the disease-causing pathogen to the other lobes, as with tuberculosis or certain cancerous lung tumors.
Can you live with one lung after cancer is removed?
People can live with one lung or one kidney.
Can you survive without your lungs?
you can survive with one lung, but not with out both, case in point in space without oxygen you have about 1 minute and 20 seconds to live without an air tank, its on nasa.com.
Can a person live with one lung who has tuberculosis?
no it is not possible that an person can live with out one lung
Can you live with only 1 lung?
Yes you can live with one lung.
