What Are Smoker's Lungs? You’ve heard it a million times: Smoking is bad for you. You may not realize, though, how much tobacco changes your lungs and their ability to bring oxygen into your body.

The eustachian tube connects the middle ear to the upper throat and nasal cavity. It's lined with mucous and helps regulate pressure around the eardrum so that sound waves can be transferred. Ears can ...

Serial ultrasound surveys of the fetal anatomy performed between 20 weeks ... to-moderate pneumothorax in the medial aspect of the pleural cavity on the right side. Subtle lucency in the middle ...

A pleura is a thin membrane that covers the surface of the lungs and the inside of the chest wall, encompassing the pleural space. It is normal for this space to have some fluid (about 10 to 20 ml), ...

Regulatory investigations into failed Sheffield cavity-wall claims firm SSB are set to run into the new year, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has revealed. SSB Group Limited, which traded as ...

Pleural diseases are health issues that affect the pleura, the thin membranes composing the lining of the lungs and chest cavity. Asbestos exposure is often a cause of pleural diseases — like pleural ...

By Mekado Murphy ‘Conclave’ | Anatomy of a Scene The director Edward Berger narrates a sequence from his film, featuring Ralph Fiennes. By Mekado Murphy ‘Smile 2’ | Anatomy of a Scene ...

The retina is a thin layer of tissue that lines the very back of the inside of the eyeball. The retina contains millions of cells that perceive light, color, and fine details in the things you see. A ...

Each lung, the anatomy lesson went on ... Sometimes infection inflames the lining of a pleural cavity, causes an exudation which fills the cavity and leaves no space for the lung to expand.