Lungs and The Common Vein
The image shows some of the major components of the lung that when bonded create a new and powerful unit – a vital organ. In the center is an example of the airways and parenchyma making up the 2 lungs. At 12 oclock the tracheo-bronchial tree with segmental and subsegmental airways. At 1 o’cloclock, is a cross section of the lungs showing some of the segments of the lung. At 5o’clock a cross section shows the arteries and veins of the lungs. At 7o’clock the drawing shows the pleura and pleural space of the lungs. At 9o’clock, a coronal reformat of the tracheobronchial tree shows the lymph node stations of the lungs. At 11 o’clock is the golden alveolus, the epicentral unit where gas exchange takes place
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Lungs and Imaging with the X-Ray
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000 Skeleton

Art of the Sternum and Costochondral Junctions and Soft Tissues and Upper Limbs
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Art of the Sternum and Costochondral Junctions
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Art of the Sternum
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The first of five functional layers consists of the bony skeleton consisting of the sternum and the spine, which are fixed, and the ribs that move up and outward on inspiration and down and inward on expiration.
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The lungs – as they live and breathe
The chest is surrounded by a ring of muscle (maroon) made up of a various groups which work in concert. The diaphragm is the workhorse of the respiratory muscles and is shown as a thick maroon band inferiorly.
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The Alveolus – The Centre of the Pulmonary Universe
The five major layers that keep the air moving include the outer bony cage, the muscular layer represented in maroon, the pleural complex (orange yellow orange) the lung (blue) and surfactant within the alveolus. (pink)
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Cupola – shape of the apex
This cupola or dome was photographed in the church of the Villa Melzi gardens in Bellagio, Italy.  If you imagine yourself in the chest cavity and you look up towards the neck, this is what you will see – the dome shaped structure of the apex of the lung and pleura. 
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The Inverted Chest – A Wineglass
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Pyramidal Shape of the Lungs in Nature
Two leaves of the coleus plant, with a pyramidal or conical shape that reminded the photographer of a set of lungs. The branching system originates from the hilum of the leaf almost at its center, but unlike the tracheobronchial tree it is not irregularly dichotomous.
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Skeleton
The Owl was found on the axial reconstruction of a chest CT scan
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Muscles
The cross sectional appearance of the outer layer of bone is visualized in this CT scan through the heart. The vertebra (purple) and sternum (green) act as the anchoring stability as they remain fixed in position during the respiratory cycle. The ribs (orange) pivot like bucket handles off the sternum  (green) and spinal column (purple). They move up and out during inspiration and down and in during expiration.
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Keeping the Lungs attached to the Chest Wall via A Two Layered Pleura – Capillary Forces
The coronally reformatted image of the lung parenchyma has been outlined with the visceral pleura, (pink) the pleural fluid in the pleural space, (orange) and the parietal pleura. (green) Note how at end expiration the parietal pleura in the costophrenic sulcus extends beyond the lung margin so that the visceral pleura is absent in the costophrenic sulcus and there are two layers of parietal pleura facing each other. During inspiration the lung expands into this space.  32634b10
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000 Physiology Breathing
Pleura – layer 3                                                                                                                                   The two layers of pleura (orange) are held together by a thin layer of pleural fluid (yellow) by cohesive and adhesive forces. The visceral pleura is connected to the lung while the parietal pleura is attached to the chest wall. The pleura and fluid as a unit bind the chest wall to the lungs. The cohesion and adhesion that results keeps the outer chest cage of bone and muscle in intimate contact with the lungs, being pulled and pushed together in the harmonious dance of respiratory movement.
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The Lungs Together – The Shape of a Bell
The chest quietly expands and contracts under basal conditions in order to serve the alveoli. At first glance it seems like a simple bellows-like process, but as one delves into the layers of detail, the complexity of the structural design unfolds as a combination of physical and chemical forces.
 
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CT Rendering of Lungs and Airways in Brown
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CT Rendering of Lungs and Airways in Blue and Red
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Hearing with your eyes
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Chest of Fruit
Photograph of the Heart and Lungs created with a red pepper (the heart, grapes (alveoli) carrots (pulmonary arteries), dandelion(mediastinum) and banana peels (ribs)
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Racing Car in the Chest
The Racing Car
Created from the hardware anterior to the chest on a CT scan
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Sunrise in the Chest
The Sun sets the Pace in a Radiology Department in Africa in the Presence of a Giraffe and a Lion
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