How Your Lungs Work

The main role of the lungs is to transfer life-giving oxygen into the blood supply, but they also have other functions, including helping regulate blood

Air drawn in by expansion of the lungs passes over the olfactory areas of the nose, enabling our sense of smell The lungs also act as “packing

lungs The main role of the lungs is to transfer life-giving oxygen into the blood supply, but they also have other functions, including helping regulate blood

lungs A person's lungs are not the same size The right lung is a little wider than the left lung, but it is also shorter According to York