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What is the name of the disease that results in mucus building up in your chest or lungs?
SuperCuriousGirl88
bronchitis or pneumonia
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How does the disease affect the respiratory system?
Black Lung disease works by building up coal dust on the surface area of your lungs, therefore reducing the overall surface area of your lungs and reducing the efficency of the lungs.
Where in the body does black lung attack?
Black lung, as the name suggests, is a disease of the lungs. The lungs are located within the chest (or in more technical terms, the thorax).
What is meant by cavity in science?
A Cavity is any hollow place. so in a tooth a cavity is a hollow place caused by disease, in your chest your heart & lungs fill in your chest cavity.
Where are your lungs located in body?
Your lungs are in the thoracic cavity, which includes the chest down to the diaphragm. The lungs are located on both sides of the heart in pleural cavities.Source:http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/what-is-in-the-thoracic-cavities.html
Do birds have lungs in their wings?
No, birds have lungs in their chest cavity not their wings.
What happens to the lungs when the chest cavity becomes bigger?
The lungs expand.
What is the cavity that houses the lungs?
chest
Where are the heart and lungs in your body?
In your chest.
Does your chest expand because your lungs inflate or do your lungs inflate because your chest expands?
There are no muscles in the lungs that help inhale or exhale, this is the job of the diaphragm.
How can black lung cancer can affect the respiratory system?
Black Lung disease works by building up coal dust on the surface area of your lungs, therefore reducing the overall surface area of your lungs and reducing the efficency of the lungs.
Where do you find lungs?
in the chest on both sides
Spaces in the chest between the lungs?
Mediastinum
