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

The abnormal accumulation of extravascular fluid, pulmonary edema settles in the lung interstitium and alveoli. There, it ...

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

A person’s windpipe splits into two bronchi, one for each lung. The bronchi then divide into smaller bronchi, which split into bronchioles. These lead to tiny air sacs known as alveoli.

DLCO is a type of pulmonary function test, which helps doctors see how well the lungs are functioning. DLCO measures the amount of carbon monoxide that transfers from the alveoli to red blood ...

but often extends into respiratory bronchioles and alveoli with intra-alveolar buds of granulation tissue resulting in bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). The lung architecture ...