Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the lungs. In a child with asthma, the airways are very sensitive, ...
These reflexes help expel any inhaled fluid from the airways as soon as possible ... nerves get a helping hand from special ...
The airways, the network of tubes that pipes air into the lungs, deploy several defenses against bacteria. The liquid that coats the lining of the airways teems with microbe-fighting molecules and ...
Expert Rev Resp Med. 2013;7(6):673-685. Airflow increases as it passes through a vessel of decreasing diameter. The total cross-sectional area of the airways decreases from the peripheries toward ...