Changes in elastic fibres in the small airways and alveoli in COPD

Alveoli – Tutorial alveoli Alveoli are the tiny air sacs that form the lungs, and they are surrounded by capillaries which are tiny blood vessels The alveoli function to transfer oxygen alveoli The alveoli of the lungs act much like balloons in that there is some effort involved to inflate them, but when the inflating pressure is released, the recoil

alveoli The alveoli are located in the respiratory zone of the lungs, at the distal termination of the alveolar ducts and atria These air sacs are the forming and