What these tiny sacs in the lungs do and conditions that can affect them Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD Alveoli are ...

New research challenges long-held beliefs about lung development, revealing that alveoli form through epithelial outgrowths ...

Mechanical ventilators save lives, but they may also be causing hidden damage. A groundbreaking study reveals that the ...

Q: We live in the fire zone in Altadena, California. After the evacuations ended, we came home, and now my throat is ...

It travels down the trachea – or windpipe – into one of two bronchi and into bronchioles before entering one of millions of alveoli, where gaseous exchange takes place. When we breathe out ...

The condition causes substances such as fats and proteins to accumulate in the alveoli, the ‘air sacs’ of the lung, where oxygen and carbon dioxide enter and exit the blood stream. This ...

A new study from Tulane University suggests that repeated collapse and reopening of tiny alveoli—air sacs in the lungs ...

Researchers have uncovered changes in the cellular response throughout lung damage caused by SARS-CoV-2—the virus behind ...

These lead to tiny air sacs known as alveoli. Alveoli absorb oxygen from the air a person inhales and pass it into the bloodstream. They also remove carbon dioxide from the blood, which a person ...