Lectures in respiratory physiologyLectures in respiratory physiology

Structure and Function of Structure and Function of the lungthe lung

John B West

Alveoli with capillaries

Electron micrograph of pulmonary capillary

Electron micrograph of pulmonary capillary

Fick’s law of diffusion through a tissue sheet

Cast of lung airways

Large bronchus and blood vessels

Smaller bronchus and alveoli

Airway, artery, vein and alveoli

Small airway and artery

Scanning electron micrograph of small airway and alveoli

Alveolar ducts and alveoli

Alveolar sacs and alveoli

Alveoli with capillaries

Goblet cell

Mucociliary system

Cilia and Clara cellsCilia and Clara cells

Overview of airway cell typesOverview of airway cell types

Epithelium: columnar cuboidal squamous

Type I alveolar epithelial cell

Type II alveolar epithelial cell

Alveolar MacrophageAlveolar MacrophageAlveolar macrophage with types I and II epithelial cells

Alveolar macrophage in the corner of an alveolus

Cast of lung airways

Weibel model of airways

Cast of airways (left) and blood vessels (right)

Pulmonary artery (left) and systemic artery (right)

Small airway and pulmonary artery

Alveoli with capillaries

Capillaries seen face on

Capillary bed in frog lung

Small pulmonary vein with perivascular space