The trachea has a number of adaptations: cartilage rings in the walls of the trachea help to keep it open ciliated epithelium and goblet cells to clean the air before it reaches the lungs Goblet ...

Here's the full video, which gives a 360-degree view, before showing inside the rib cage. The green and yellow areas are the infected and inflamed parts of the lungs. (Note: the video has no sound.) ...

The human body takes in oxygen and lets out carbon dioxide. Many parts of the body are involved, including the lungs, airways and blood. Respiration is a chemical reaction which occurs in all ...

While medical headlines often focus on the biochemical underpinnings of disease, our body's biomechanics are equally crucial. A recent study explores how hypertension affects lung function, revealing ...

Northwest Florida doctors are working to detect it early so the diagnosis of lung cancer isn’t a death sentence. Doctors are ...