Tuberculosis is a very serious infection which affects the lungs and other parts of the body such as kidneys and bones joints. The lungs are the cone-shaped spongy like organs that are located in the chest cavity and make up most of the lower respiratory tract. Their most important function is to assist oxygen from the air that we breathe to enter the red blood cells in the blood. These red blood cells then carry the oxygen around the body to be used by other cells that are found in the entire body. The lungs also assist in getting rid of the carbon dioxide that is not needed out of the body. Each lung is separated into lobes, the right lung has three lobes the superior, middle and inferior lobes, and the left lung has two lobes the superior
