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Also known as lungs, borders of the lung

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Your lungs are organs in your chest that extract oxygen from the air you breathe and transfer it into your blood, while also removing carbon dioxide from your blood to release back into the air. This gas exchange process is essential for keeping your body supplied with the oxygen it needs to survive.

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Key facts

Anatomy.Name: Lung
Anatomy.Latin: pulmo
Anatomy.Greek: πνεύμων (pneumon)
Anatomy.Image: Lungs diagram detailed.svg
Anatomy.Caption: Diagram of the human lungs with the respiratory tract visible, and different colours for each lobe
Anatomy.Image2: heart-and-lungs.jpg
Anatomy.Caption2: The human lungs flank the heart and great vessels in the chest cavity.
Anatomy.System: Respiratory system
Anatomy.Artery: Pulmonary artery
Anatomy.Vein: Pulmonary vein

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Research

1,236,335 papers

Lung morphometry: the link between structure and function.ReviewCell and tissue research · 2017Weibel ERDOI: 10.1007/s00441-016-2541-4
Gut microbial metabolites in lung cancer development and immunotherapy: Novel insights into gut-lung axis.ReviewCancer letters · 2024Li X, Shang S, Wu M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2024.217096
Role of lung and gut microbiota on lung cancer pathogenesis.ReviewJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2021Zhao Y, Liu Y, Li S et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00432-021-03644-0
Pericytes in the Lung.ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology · 2019Hung CF, Wilson CL, Schnapp LMDOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11093-2_3
Lung Ultrasound for the Cardiologist.ReviewJACC. Cardiovascular imaging · 2018Picano E, Scali MC, Ciampi Q et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.06.023
Lung Lymphatics in Edema, Inflammation, and Thrombosis.ReviewArteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2025Chou C, Reed HODOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.125.322486
The lung in inborn errors of immunity.ReviewPediatric pulmonology · 2025Restrepo-Gualteros S, Nino G, Gutierrez MJDOI: 10.1002/ppul.27258
Gut Microbiota and Lung Injury.ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology · 2020Tan JY, Tang YC, Huang JDOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-2385-4_5

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Wikidata facts

Part of: respiratory system
Image: Normal lung; bronchus (3661529896).jpg

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Commons category: Lungs
topic's main category: Category:Lung
arterial supply: pulmonary artery
venous drainage: pulmonary vein
Commons gallery: Lung
anatomical location: cavity of bony thorax
WordLift URL: data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/lungs
Unicode character: 🫁
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NCI Thesaurus ID: C12468
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Article · Nederlands

Longen zijn gepaarde inwendige ademhalingsorganen van gewervelde dieren, met uitzondering van de meeste vissen en sommige amfibieën. In de longen vindt gaswisseling plaats tussen lucht en bloed ten behoeve van het metabolisme en zijn daarmee de eerste stap in de zuurstofcascade richting de mitochondriën in de lichaamscellen. De longen van zoogdieren zijn geen holle ruimtes die gevuld worden met lucht, maar hebben een sponsachtige structuur zodat het oppervlak waar gasuitwisseling mogelijk is veel groter wordt. De longen van amfibieën zijn wel te vergelijken met een lege zak, die weinig efficiënt is. Ze ademen daarom door keelademhaling en door de huid.

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