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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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