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Lung

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-016200

1. One of a pair of viscera occupying the pulmonary cavities of the thorax, the organs of respiration in which aeration of the blood takes place. As a rule, the right lung is slightly larger than the left and is divided into three lobes (an upper, a middle, and a lower or basal), while the left has two lobes (an upper and a lower or basal). Each lung is irregularly conical in shape, presenting a blunt upper extremity (the apex), a concave base following the curve of the diaphragm, an outer convex surface (costal surface), an inner or mediastinal surface (mediastinal surface), a thin and sharp anterior border, and a thick and rounded posterior border.

2. One of a pair of organs in the chest that supplies the body with oxygen, and removes carbon dioxide from the body.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-016200
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0); National Cancer Institute Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016200",
  "term": "Lung",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. One of a pair of viscera occupying the pulmonary cavities of the thorax, the organs of respiration in which aeration of the blood takes place. As a rule, the right lung is slightly larger than the left and is divided into three lobes (an upper, a middle, and a lower or basal), while the left has two lobes (an upper and a lower or basal). Each lung is irregularly conical in shape, presenting a blunt upper extremity (the apex), a concave base following the curve of the diaphragm, an outer convex surface (costal surface), an inner or mediastinal surface (mediastinal surface), a thin and sharp anterior border, and a thick and rounded posterior border.\n\n2. One of a pair of organs in the chest that supplies the body with oxygen, and removes carbon dioxide from the body.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus",
    "National Cancer Institute Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/lung/"
}

Record 16,200 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.