lunglike
Like breathing organs
Lunglike means resembling a lung in form or function.
The word typically describes biological structures that facilitate gas exchange in organisms lacking true lungs: The lunglike organ allows the fish to breathe air.
It may also characterize anything with the spongy, lobed appearance of lung tissue.
Allowing passage of fluids
- absorbentAble to soak up
- elasticAble to stretch, rebounds
- compressibleCapable of being condensed
- cushionySoft and yielding
springy · cellular · squishy · yielding · resilient · honeycomb · aerated · buoyant
Element eight, colorless gas
- carbon dioxideRespiration byproduct, photosynthesis fuel
- inhaleDraw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- gas exchangeTransfer of respiratory molecules
ventilation · breathing · inhalation · exhalation · spirometry · respiratory · asthma · emphysema
Lung's gas-exchange chambers
- bronchiMain lung air passages
- pleuraMembrane around lungs
- lobesRounded projecting parts
- tracheaRespiratory airway tube
diaphragm · thorax · mediastinum · bronchioles · capillaries · pulmonary · visceral · pleural
Expandable by air
- billowySwelling in soft waves
- expandableAble to be enlarged
- ballooningSwelling or aerial drifting
- puffySwollen with air
hollow · lightweight · gossamer · diaphanous · delicate · membranous
porous
Allowing passage of fluids
- absorbentAble to soak up
- elasticAble to stretch, rebounds
- compressibleCapable of being condensed
cushiony · springy · cellular · squishy · yielding · resilient · honeycomb · aerated · buoyant · soft
oxygen
Element eight, colorless gas
- carbon dioxideRespiration byproduct, photosynthesis fuel
- inhaleDraw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
gas exchange · ventilation · breathing · inhalation · exhalation · spirometry · respiratory · asthma · emphysema · nebulizer
alveoli
Lung's gas-exchange chambers
trachea · diaphragm · thorax · mediastinum · bronchioles · capillaries · pulmonary · visceral · pleural · thoracic
inflatable
Expandable by air
- billowySwelling in soft waves
- expandableAble to be enlarged
- ballooningSwelling or aerial drifting
puffy · hollow · lightweight · gossamer · diaphanous · delicate · membranous