If the obstruction is incomplete and expiration is impeded more than inspiration the alveoli rather than the bronchi tend to dilate, and emphysema results. With complete obstruction atelectasis ...

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Emphysema is a chronic lung disease that occurs when the air sacs in the lungs (called the alveoli) can no longer inflate and deflate to pump air in and out of ...

which is then tethered open by their surrounding alveoli. By performing 3-dimensional reconstructions of lungs from serial sections, he was able to reconstruct airway anatomy and to determine that ...

Bronchitis affects the bronchial tubes that carry air to your lungs. Pneumonia affects the air sacs, called alveoli, where oxygen passes into your blood. Pneumonia causes these air sacs in the ...

Common symptoms of ILD include: The interstitium is a thin layer of connective tissue that supports your lungs' alveoli (air ...

If approved, Molbreevi could be the first FDA-approved treatment for patients with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, ...

When air goes down into the lungs, it passes through smaller and smaller tubes and ends up in tiny air sacs called alveoli. Oxygen passes through the walls of the alveoli and enters tiny blood ...

Artist Zakir Hussain on Monday passed away at age 73 because of complications arising from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF ...