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Posted by vesperae Very interesting comments, both here, and in the next thread up. One question that I'm left with in response to your comments is about this pattern of top to bottom discoloration near the outer surfaces of the lungs as a smoker continues to smoke. Is this due to the fact that the length of the individual terminal bronchiole to trachea tracts are shorter for the upper lobes of the lungs, and longer the further down you go through the lower lobes? This is surprising to me, because I thought that all of these tract lengths were roughly the same (equal pressure and distribution as a result of evolution), but perhaps my impression is wrong? Perhaps hot smoke tends to rise when it lingers in the lungs? Or perhaps sitting and smoking constricts the full expansion of the lower lobes, resulting in a more concentrated dose of delivery to the upper lobes? I look forward to your thoughts about this! Thanks, * * * * *v
on July 27, 2007, 10:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Body Worlds"
Hi M G F! 
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