Obstructive lung disease. Obstructive lung disease is a category of respiratory disease characterized by airway obstruction. Many obstructive diseases of the lung result from narrowing of the smaller bronchi and larger bronchioles, often because of excessive contraction of the smooth muscle itself.
Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a condition caused by compression of nerves or blood vessels in the thoracic outlet, the area between the base of the neck and the armpit, including the front of the shoulders and chest. Vascular. This can be a compression of the artery and vein.
The thoracic duct is a structure roughly sixteen inches long located in the mediastinum of the pleural cavity which drains lymph fluid from everywhere except the upper right quarter of the body above the diaphragm and ...he thoracic duct, or the left lymphatic duct, is the largest of the body's lymphatic ducts.