Friday, 5 April 2013

How big are my lungs?

Ever since I learned that my lungs can hold 4.5 liters of air , I've been wondering how big they actually are. Lungs are normally the size of a rugby ball when fully in tacked, but if you were to take all the alveoli that makes up your lungs and laid them out side by side it would cover a tennis court.
wah?
 
The alveoli have a lot of surface area. That is incredible. The human body amazes me everyday.

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