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What are the main causes of lungs damage

  LUNGS Lungs are the major organ of the respiratory system of many organisms, including humans as well as fish and snails . Homeotherms and most various vertebrates have two lungs near the spine on either side of the heart . Their capacity in the respiratory system is to extract oxygen from the climate and transport it to the circulatory system . and release carbon dioxide from the circulatory system to the environment during gas trading . In early quadrupeds, the air was carried from the pharyngeal muscles to the lungs by an oral pump. In humans, the stomach is the major respiratory muscle that drives respiration. The lungs also emit air currents that allow us to perceive sounds, including human speech. Lung tissue can be affected by many diseases such as pneumonia and lung cancer. Conditions such as bronchitis can also affect the airways. Medical terms that refer to the lungs usually begin with a plume-, from the Latin pulmonary (lung), like pneumonia, or pneumonia (fr...