Anatomy

Lung

Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.

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Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.

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  • Lungs

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, ultrastructure, virology.

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/abnorm: CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION OF LUNG, CONGENITAL is available; /blood supply: consider also PULMONARY CIRCULATION; /surg: consider also PNEUMONECTOMY but PULMONARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES is also available; /transpl = LUNG TRANSPLANTATION or HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION: do not coord with TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS unless particularly discussed; inflammation = PNEUMONIA; collapse of lung = PULMONARY ATELECTASIS

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Lung. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008168. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008168
  2. Lung. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung
  3. Lung. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7886