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Illustrations
Lungs
The major features of the lungs include the bronchi, the bronchioles and the alveoli. The alveoli are the microscopic blood vessel-lined sacks in which oxygen and carbon dioxide gas are exchanged. Update Date:
08/29/2008
Sean O. Stitham, MD, private practice in Internal Medicine, Seattle, WA; Benjamin Medoff, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Lungs

Spirometry

Respiratory system

Asthma

Normal versus asthmatic bronchiole

Peak flow meter

Asthmatic bronchiole and normal bronchiole

Common asthma triggers

Exercise-induced asthma

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