"Popcorn lung" is the nickname for bronchiolitis obliterans. That's a condition that damages your lungs' smallest airways and makes you cough and feel short of breath. It's sometimes caused by ...

One leads to the left lung and the other to the right. From there, similar to branches on a tree, the pipe-like bronchi split again into smaller bronchi and then even smaller bronchioles.

The thorax, the part of the body between the neck and abdomen, provides medical professionals with a valuable window into a patient's respiratory health. By evaluating sound vibrations produced by ...

The gravesite in Danny Smith's vast and verdant yard is shaded by hulking trees. His parents' graves ... gray paper with black streaks — dead lung tissue, his respiratory therapist told us.

Picture your lungs as two well-branched tree limbs, one on each side of your chest. The right lung has three sections (lobes), and the left has two sections (above the heart). The larger branches ...

Bronchitis is when your bronchial tubes, which carry air to your lungs, get infected and swollen. There are two kinds: Acute bronchitis. This lasts a few weeks and usually goes away on its own.

the lung adapts and settles in good condition in all the space it has in the rib cage. In this condition, if there are scars, they can pull on the bronchial tree and form these bronchiectases ...