Our lungs are not identical. Our right lung has three lobes, and the left lung only two to make room for our heart. Lungs are spongy, filled with tiny air sacs which give them a spongy texture.

The left hilum houses just one bronchus, while the right hilum contains two. This is similar to the way your lungs are divided, with your left lung divided into two lobes and your right lung ...

Each lung comprises lobes, or sections. There are three of these in the right lung and two in the left lung. The lobes then contain smaller sections known as lobules.

Our lungs are composed of a total of five lobes—two on the left side and three on the right side. Removal of one of these lobes is called a lobectomy.

They are separated into sections called lobes. The right lung has three lobes, and the left has two. Lung cancer is the second-most common type of cancer in the country behind breast cancer.

WTOP's Neal Augenstein on his cancer journey. It’s hard for me to believe that on Friday, I had the upper lobe of my cancerous left lung removed, went home the next day, and am back to work ...