Lungs - interactive tool

This interactive animation takes you on a 3-D journey to explore the anatomy of the lungs. Rotate the lungs view in transparent mode, or pick from a list of terms to take you to various structures of the lungs.

After the animation loads, click and drag the model to rotate it in any direction. Select a term from the structure list to travel to its location.

Click the "pin" button to hide or show the identification pin.

Click the "light bulb" button to view in highlight or full color mode.

Click the "double box" button to see and rotate the model in transparent mode.

Reviewed last on: 10/4/2008
Andrew Schriber, MD, FCCP, Specialist in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, New Jersey. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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