Why is the left lung smaller than the right?

The left lung is smaller than the right.

The left lung has to accommodate the heart, so it is a bit smaller than the right lung.

The left lung (which has two lobes) has to be smaller than the right lung (which has three lobes) because space on the left side is occupied by the heart and its associated blood vessels.

to accommodate the heart

since heart is not in the middle of our body it relies on the left lung(2 lobes) what makes it smaller than the right one.

It is larger than the left lung because the left lung is smaller to make room for the heart.

It doesn't, your left lung is a bit smaller than the right one because of the heart's position.

the left lung is smaller to make room for the heart.. the right lung has 3 lobes and the left lung only has 2 lobes..

Make the right lung is smaller than your left because your left lung protects your heart.

They are different because the left lung is smaller than the right lung.

Because the heart is underenath the left lung and the right one doesn't have anything under it.

The left lung is smaller than the right lung because your heart is on the left side of your body and so takes up some of the room.

The right Lung is slightly larger than the left, because the heart takes up some of the space on your left side. So, in order to make room for the heart, the left lung is smaller.

The heart, while basically in the center of the chest, has more of its mass on the left. This means there is less space in the pleural cavity of the left thorax than the right. An image of the lungs alone reveals that there is also something displacing the bottom portion of the left lung. I'm not sure why this is. Hello why the left lung is smaller than the right one? Because it is below the heart. jimmyjouma It is smaller because the heart is located toward the left side of the chest.

The left lung only has 2 lobes (superior and inferior) because the heart takes up much of the space allowed on the left side. The right lung; however, has 3 lobes (Superior, Middle, and Inferior). Yes. The left lung is a little less voluminous than the right lung. It has two lobes, whereas the right lung has three. Its volume is displaced a bit more, by the location of the heart, than the right lung.

The left lung is slightly smaller than the right lung because 2/3 of the heart is located there. The left lung contains the cardiac notch, an indentation in the lung that surrounds the apex (pointed end) of the heart. The smaller left lung only has 2 lobes, the superior and inferior.

Because the heart takes up space behind the left lung

It's the other way around. The lungs' left lobe is smaller than the right lobe in order to accommodate the heart.

No, one is bigger than the other. The left lung is smaller to make room for the heart. The right lung is smaller than the left to allow room for the heart. They're not supposed to be in humans. The left is smaller to make room for the heart.

the smaller lung is sunset 74% and the lungs are smaller than the larger one.

Because your heart takes up space and your heart is on the left side of your body.

They are on the left and right side of the heart, and the ribcage protects them. The left lung is a little smaller than the right lung because it shares space in the left side of the chest with the heart. Each lung is divided into sections (lobes).

Your lungs are the shape of a penut they are not the same size the right lungis smaller than your left lung because your left lung covers your heart.

We have 2 lungs, of not equal size. The left lung is smaller than the right lung to give room for your heart.

No its actually the same size. It's been proven by docters.