lung

Everyday

The lungs are the two organs inside your chest that you breathe with; they take oxygen from the air into your blood and let carbon dioxide out. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons on the body, air goes down the windpipe into the lungs; the lungs are protected by the ribs; the diaphragm muscle helps them fill and empty. Exercise makes lungs work harder; smoking and smoke damage them. In safety, in a fire smoke is dangerous to lungs, so stay low. Phrases: «at the top of your lungs» (very loudly), «lung capacity».

Examples

• We have two lungs in our chest. tree →
• Your lungs fill with air when you breathe in. tree →
• The ribs protect the heart and lungs. tree →
• Smoking harms your lungs. tree →
• Running makes your lungs work hard. tree →
• Fish use gills instead of lungs. tree →
• She shouted at the top of her lungs. tree →
• Smoke from fires is bad for the lungs. tree →
• This resulted in inflammation of the lungs, which rapidly increased. tree →

Note

Countable: one lung, two lungs. Adjective: «pulmonary» (doctors' word). Myth: lungs do not make oxygen; they take it from the air. Fish have gills, whales and dolphins have lungs and must come up for air.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah the lungs are among the body parts assigned to letters and to the male and female principles. Tradition reads the body as a small copy of the whole world. In the primary lessons: In science lessons on the body, air goes down the windpipe into the lungs; the lungs are protected by the ribs; the diaphragm muscle helps them fill and empty. Exercise makes lungs work harder; smoking and smoke damage them. In safety, in a fire smoke is dangerous to lungs, so stay low. Phrases: «at the top of your lungs» (very loudly), «lung capacity».

Examples

• the lungs for breathing air) in Man: the male with A.M.S., the female with S.M.A. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

Countable: one lung, two lungs. Adjective: «pulmonary» (doctors' word). Myth: lungs do not make oxygen; they take it from the air. Fish have gills, whales and dolphins have lungs and must come up for air.