<prompt> The alveoli are filled with exudates the air is displaced conveing the lungs into a solid organ this description suggests:Chronic bronchitisBronchial asthmaBronchiectasisLobar pnemonia  <response>: Bacterial invasion by lung parenchyma causes the alveoli to be filled with inflammatory exudate,thus causing consolidation of the pulmonary tissue.ref Robbins 9e p704 