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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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Why is Irv larger than Erv?

more muscles involved in increasing the thoracic cavity

What does visualized osseous structures are unremarkable mean from a chest exray?

Visualized osseous structures that are unremarkable in a chest Xray means that everything is normal. Anytime unremarkable is used in an X-ray report it means that the film is normal.

What is pipers lung?

A lung disease often caused by bagpipes

How big is a lung?

Answer they hold about 6 leters of airthey are about 10-14 inches. They have to fill up your entire rib cage.

How does American Lung Association get there source of income?

Okay. One: it's their, not there. Wrong context.

Two: Corporate and private donations

What are storage sacs?

vacuole's are storage sacs

Is asbestos sparkly?

Asbestos itself is not typically described as sparkly; it is a fibrous mineral that can appear in various colors, including white, gray, blue, and brown. Some types of asbestos, like chrysotile, may have a slight sheen due to their fibrous structure, but they do not exhibit a sparkly appearance like glittery minerals. The focus on asbestos is primarily on its health hazards rather than its visual characteristics.

What does it mean if you have a white spot in your lung?

A white spot on an x-ray of the lung is also called a pulmonary nodule. A spot less than 3cm is a nodule, and larger is a mass. There are a couple reasons a pulmonary nodule would show up in the lung field.

First, an infection in the lungs has left scarring, or a benign nodule in the lungs which does not need treated. Typically these types of spots will show up on the x-ray with defined borders. The other type of nodule is a malignant, or cancerous, pulmonary nodule. These need to be immediately treated for the best possible outcome. They typically show up on an x-ray with fuzzy or hard to define borders.

It is recommended that if you smoke or are at risk for cancer to have annual chest x-rays done for precaution to ensure that any malignant nodule is caught before growing larger, becoming metastatic, and spreading.

What is the procedural name when a tube is placed in a collapsed lung?

Chest tube thoracostomy is done to drain fluid, blood, or air from the space around the lungs. Some diseases, such as pneumonia and cancer, can cause an excess amount of fluid or blood to build up in the space around the lungs (called a pleural effusion). Also, some severe injuries of the chest wall can cause bleeding around the lungs. Sometimes, the lung can be accidentally punctured allowing air to gather outside the lung, causing its collapse (called a pneumothorax). Chest tube thoracostomy (commonly referred to as "putting in a chest tube") involves placing a hollow plastic tube between the ribs and into the chest to drain fluid or air from around the lungs. The tube is often hooked up to a suction machine to help with drainage. The tube remains in the chest until all or most of the air or fluid has drained out, usually a few days. Occasionally special medicines are given through a chest tube.

How does an ant breath?

If I recall correctly, the exoskeleton [its hard outer shell which is similar to our skin, except that it also acts as the ants skeleton] is porous, and thus allows the ant to absorb oxygen from the air, and to transpire harmful gasseous metabolic byproducts. j3h. A later, different, question was "tacked onto" this guestion. It is not exactly the same in that it asked if ants survive a hurricane. The answer is yes and no. Some do and some don't, much like all other kinds of animal life. Most ants have a survival technique which allows them to survive floods, which is a hurricane's number one threat to ants. In order to increase the chance of survival of the colony, the ants will gather the queen, the larvae, and as much of the food storage as possible, and move it to "high ground." If this is not possible, and they are inundated by water, they will "clump" together in a "ball," while holding on for dear life to the queen, the larvae, and the food supply. This ball will float, allowing a portion of the ants and their precious cargo to be above water, and possibly survive. Many ants will drown in the process, but usually enough of the ants and cargo will survive until the floating ball runs "aground," or against a tree or building, or such, and the survivors will climb to safety with the cargo, which will be the beginning of the new colony when the flood has subsided. j3h Like all insects, Ants do indeed breath. However, unlike humans and other mammals they do not have lungs and the oxygen is not carried by the blood. Instead they take oxygen in to their bodies through openings in the abdomen. This system of tubes, called tracheae and tracheoles, allows Atmospheric oxygen to pass to the tissues. The outside openings of tracheae are called "spiracles". Ants are small enough that they need only a few spiracles and these do not have valves to control the oxygen flow, as with larger insects.

Why did otzi the iceman have black lungs?

he had black lungs from probly frostbite

Does spice damage your lungs?

Any kind of smoke will damage your lungs. Some are more than others. Tobacco smoke is extremely harmful while marijuana smoke is barely harmful in moderation. If you mean spice in the general sense (any kind of synthetic marijuana) instead of the brand, it is difficult to know. Every brand of spice is made by a different person, and each person has preferences for how they make it. They use different chemicals and different plants. Different brands may have different effects on your lungs or other parts of the body. They only similaritiy between any two brands is that the active chemical binds to the cannabinoid receptors in your brain.