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alveolus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tooth socket |
| Type of | socket |
Examples of alveolus
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It is usually lost at an early age, leaving no trace of the alveolus in the jaw.
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In lactating glands, each milk-secreting alveolus contains one or two L cells.
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The alveolus is the basic anatomical unit of gas exchange in the lung.
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The alveolus on the left is normal, whereas the one on the right is full of fluid from pneumonia.
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The inset in d is a close-up of the collapsed alveolus.
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If the walls of the hundreds of millions of alveolus in a pair of lungs could be spread out and placed side by side, they would cover the floor of a classroom.
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The pulmonary alveolus is the most peripheral structure within the air spaces of the lung, in which the gases carbon dioxide and oxygen move between the air and the blood.
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- A tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
- Tooth socket: a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth
- An alveolus (plural: alveoli, from Latin alveolus, "little cavity") is an anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity. Found in the lung, the pulmonary alveoli are spherical outcroppings of the respiratory sites of gas exchange with the blood. ...
- A small cavity or pit; an anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity; a small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood
- (Alveoli) Microscopic air sacs located at the end of the respiratory tract; Grape-like clusters of sacs that allow inhaled oxygen to enter the bloodstream and carbon dioxide to leave the bloodstream
- (alveoli (al-VEE-o-lye)) Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles in the lungs.
- (alveoli) tiny sacs that are the smallest airways of the lungs.
- (alveoli) (al-vee-o-lie) air cells of the lungs.
- (Alveoli) Microscopic air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs with the circulatory system.
