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Lungs

Lungs are a pair of elastic and spongy organs that help the body breathe. They are present inside the rib cage in thoracic cavity of humans.

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Yes. In time - especially if you are not religious about taking the right doses of the right drugs at the right times - HIV can develop resistance to the drugs used to treat HIV. This is one of the reasons why HIV-positive patients receiving treatment are advised to have regular blood tests - the blood tests enable doctors to monitor the continued effectiveness of the treatment. If you develop resistance to one or more of the drugs you are being treated with, then other drugs will be substituted in to your treatment regimen to bring the infection back under control. Taking your drugs in exactly the manner prescribed - in the right dose, at the same time, EVERY single day, with or without food - ensures that the right levels of the drugs are maintained at all times. Doing this is the single most important thing you can do to keep the virus firmly under control and avoid developing resistance to your drugs .. it is generally when the levels of the drugs fall below therapeutic levels that the virus gets the opportunity to mutate and develop resistance.

When the lungs are at rest between breathing cycle the air pressure in the lungs is?

Air goes into or out of the lungs due to differential pressure. On inhalation, the pressure within the lungs is below atmospheric, so outside air rushes in. On exhalation, the pressure within the lungs is above atmopheric, so inside air rushes out.

When you stop breathing for the moment at the end of exhalation, or when you transition from inhalation to exhalation at the end of inhalation, there is no air flow, because there is no differential pressure. Assuming that you do not close your larynx, then, when the lungs are at rest, the air pressure in the lungs is the same as atmospheric, and this occurs twice in each complete breathing cycle.

What body system protects some of the internal organs such as the heart and lungs from mechanical injury?

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Why does the lung collapse if intrapleural pressure is not maintain?

Inspiration happens when the pressure inside the lungs is lower than the atmospheric pressure (outside) and air rushes into the lungs. Expiration is when the air inside the lungs is higher than the atmospheric pressure and the air rushes out of the lungs. If the intrapleural pressure (pressure within the pleura of the lungs) isn't maintained then the pressure in the lungs can't differentiate between inspiration and expiration and so the lung collapses.

What body structure protect the lungs from outside harm?

There are several: the ribs, the thoracic vertebrae and the sternum. Together they are called the rib cage.

What occurs as air rushes into the lungs from the environment to equalize air pressure?

Air rushes into your lungs until an equilibrium of pressures is achieved.

What other object is like the bronchi tubes?

Your venous system certainly falls in the category along with your arterial system.

What happens if you inhale gold bond body powder?

The product is not recommended for inhalation, or use near the eyes and mouth. The ingredients include menthol and zinc oxide. Menthol can irritate the lungs, but is not ordinarily toxic.

* Contact a doctor or medical professional immediately if you have severe coughing, fever, burning sensations in the throat or nasal passages, nausea, or shortness of breath after accidental inhalation of this product.

What does the cartilage in lungs do?

The lungs don't have cartilage as such, the main "tubes" into the lungs have bands of muscle and cartilage to give them structure, because the lungs are very wet as they are covered in mucus if there was no support they would stick together and be held shut by surface tension (have you ever put a wet saucepan lid on to a work surface and couldn't remove it? same principle) if the tubes were stuck shut obviously you wouldn't be able to breathe :/

Is 10 liters a good lung capacity?

It depends on your age, but 10 litres is a VERY good lung capacity for an adult. For a child, 10 litres seems ridiculous because the average is 2 litres.

When you are young your lungs are what color?

pretty sure its a pinkish color, same as when your older. (unless you smoke that is)

What is the breathing line under the lung?

It is called the Diaphragm, which is under the lungs and rib cage. ---- The Diaphragm is what moves the rib cage up and down when you breath in and out.

What are the excretory products of the lungs?

Excretion is the process of removing metabolic wastes. In the lungs, oxygen diffuses in to the capillaries, and carbon dioxide, a byproduct of cellular respiration, diffuses out. This makes CO2 the lung excretion.

Why there is a danger of bursting the lungs in Scuba diving?

Imagine filling a balloon with 1 litre of air at the surface of the ocean (1 atmosphere of pressure).

  • At 10msw (metres of saltwater) of depth the pressure is double that of the surface (2atm) and the volume of the balloon will be halved.
  • The actual amount of air has not halved just the space it takes up.
  • The density of the air at 10m is two times the density of the air at the surface.
  • If we go to 20msw the pressure is 3atm and the volume will be 1/3 of the surface volume and the air will be 3 times as dense etc ....

Now imagine the opposite.

  • We Fill a balloon at 10msw with 1 litre of the air that is 2 times as dense.
  • We take this balloon to the surface.
  • The air in the balloon will have expanded to double the starting volume as the pressure halved (2atm to 1atm) and the density will be half what it was at the start.

Balloons have a reasonable capacity for expanding .... lungs don't. So if a scuba diver takes a breath of air at depth and then ascends the air will expand and, if the diver is not breathing out, will cause damage and possibly bursting of the lungs.