outside air (food) to be brought into your body, and toxic gases and by-
products to be exhaled or eliminated.
The upper part of the lungs is connected to the pharynx (nasal cavity) by
way of the larynx (voice area) and trachea. The lungs are made up of lobes,
lobules, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli and a pleural sac (covering).
Your lungs are both a digesting organ and an eliminative organ. The
lungs are a digestive organ in the sense that we consume (via breathing) vital
elements, including oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon into the body to
be used as catalysts, fuels and the like.
Your lungs also act as one of your four major eliminative organs (colon,
kidneys, skin and lungs). As you inhale oxygen and other elements, these are
exchanged through the alveoli into the pulmonary arterial capillaries of the
lungs, which then send these elements through the heart and off into the
entire system. The byproducts of these elements are carbon dioxide and other
gases, which act as a filter for all the “other” debris and toxins that you inhale
(dust, chemicals, gases, etc.). These are then eliminated through the lymphatic
capillaries and vascular system, or are expectorated by coughing and spitting
the mucus that trapped these toxins.
Anatomy of the Lungs
LOBES (CHAMBERS)
Right lung has 3 lobes and the left lung has 2 lobes (this allows room for
the heart).
Each lobe consists of respirator bronchiole, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs,
and alveoli.LOBULES
Small divisions of the 5 basic large lobes.BRONCHI
Two tubes that extend from your trachea (one on each side), into each
lung. These two main tubes then break off into smaller bronchi.BRONCHIOLES
There are 50 to 85 in each lobe of each lung.