From inflammation to fibrosis: Research explores cellular changes as COVID-19 lung damage worsens
Researchers have uncovered changes in the cellular response throughout lung damage caused by SARS-CoV-2—the virus behind ...
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What to know about atelectasis and lung cancer
Cancer develops when cells in a person’s body begin to divide uncontrollably ... These lead to tiny air sacs known as alveoli. Alveoli absorb oxygen from the air a person inhales and pass ...
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Long term effects of exercise on the body systems
Taking part in regular exercise or training around three times per week for six weeks will lead to adaptation of the body systems that ... number of functioning alveoli; increased strength of ...
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How do substances get into, out of and around our bodies?
The oxygen diffuses across the partially permeable membrane of the alveoli cells and the capillary wall, into the red blood cells to be carried around the body. Osmosis close osmosisThe movement ...