MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your lungs are one of the largest organs in your body. The surface area of both lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court and the total length of the airways running through them is 1, 500 miles.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is estimated that the adult human lung has on the order of 300 million alveoli, with a total surface area approximately the size of a tennis court. The alveoli are thin-walled structures with a total surface area of about 100m2. This is roughly half the size of a tennis court.

Detailed explanation-3: -The lungs are not equal in size. The right lung is shorter, because the liver sits high, tucked under the ribcase, but it is broader than the left. The left lung is smaller because of the space taken up by the heart (see diaphragm for an image of this).

Detailed explanation-4: -You’ve got two lungs, but they’re not the same size as your nostrils or eyes. Instead, the lung on your body’s left side is a bit smaller than the lung on your right side. On the left, this extra space leaves room for your heart.

Detailed explanation-5: -The lungs are located in the chest on either side of the heart in the rib cage. They are conical in shape with a narrow rounded apex at the top, and a broad concave base that rests on the convex surface of the diaphragm.