Asymmetric lung increases particle filtration by deposition
Asymmetric lung increases particle filtration by deposition
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Human lung is known to be an asymmetric dichotomously branched network of bronchioles. Existing literature on the relation between anatomy and air-flow physics in the tracheobronchial trees has discussed the results of asymmetry. We discuss a secondary (but an important) lung function to seek asymmetry: to protect the acinus from a high pathogen lo...
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Asymmetric lung increases particle filtration by deposition
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2045-2322
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2045-2322
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10.1038/s41598-023-36176-3
