lung

essential respiration organ in many air-breathing animals
Thing organ_type Q7886
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lung

Summary

lung is an organ type[1]. lung draws 3,519 Wikipedia views per month (organ_type category, ranking #16 of 50).[2]

Key Facts

  • lung's instance of is recorded as organ type[3].
  • lung's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • lung is a type of animal organ[5].
  • lung is a type of organ[6].
  • lung is a type of particular anatomical entity[7].
  • lung is part of respiratory system[8].
  • lung's Commons category is recorded as Lungs[9].
  • lung's Unicode character is recorded as 🫁[10].
  • lung's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lung[11].
  • lung's anatomical location is recorded as cavity of bony thorax[12].
  • lung's Commons gallery is recorded as Lung[13].
  • lung's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • lung's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[15].
  • lung's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • lung's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • lung's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12468[18].
  • lung's different from is recorded as pair of lungs[19].
  • lung's arterial supply is recorded as pulmonary artery[20].
  • lung's venous drainage is recorded as pulmonary vein[21].
  • lung's has part is recorded as pulmonary lobe[22].
  • lung's development of anatomical structure is recorded as lung development[23].
  • lung's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
  • lung's ground level 360 degree view URL is recorded as https://www.zygotebody.com/#nav=-4.65,113.68,119.59,0,0,0,0&sel=p:;h:;s:1175,1177;c:-0.6;o:-0.75&layers=0,0,5000,0,0,0,0,10000,10000,10000,10000[25].
  • lung's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/lungs[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include organ type[3] and class of anatomical entity[4]. Recorded subclass of include animal organ[5], organ[6], and particular anatomical entity[7].

Use and Application

lung is part of respiratory system[8].

Why It Matters

lung draws 3,519 Wikipedia views per month (organ_type category, ranking #16 of 50).[2] lung has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] lung is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . innerbody.com. Retrieved . innerbody.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Anatomy & Physiology: Therapy Basics 4th Edition. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . medicalrecords.com. medicalrecords.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by ['Q11190', 'Q33226', 'Q203337']
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3185, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 20d ago · Brunogvogel · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Venous drainage pulmonary vein
    Development of anatomical structure lung development
    Aliases
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Gray's Anatomy (20th edition), Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +1
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2579]]: [[Q11190]]"
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