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The lung is an organ in motion during respiration. The respiratory system is made of blood and cells, like other organs, but with the particularity that there is as much blood as lung cells inside the chest. In addition, the lung contains a huge amount of gas. Therefore, the blood-free pulmonary cell content per unit chest volume is quite low: about 10% lung cells as compared to 10% blood and 80% gas. There is considerable heterogeneity within the lungs, and airways receiving their blood supply from the bronchial circulation are opposed to the alveoli which receive their blood from the pulmonary system. Both conducting airways and alveoli are located close to inspired air.
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Huchon, G.J. (1987). Positron Emission Tomography of the Lungs. In: Heiss, WD., Pawlik, G., Herholz, K., Wienhard, K. (eds) Clinical efficacy of positron emission tomography. Developments in Nuclear Medicine, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3345-3_35
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