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Meanings of alveoli in English

Russian
лёгочная альвеола
Portuguese
alvéolos pulmonares
Spanish
alvéolo pulmonar
Catalan
alvèol pulmonar

Hollow cavity found in the lungs.

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лёгочная альвеола
Usage of alveoli in English
1
Stretching of alveoli during lung inflation is the main trigger for surfactant secretion.
Pubmed
2
The rapid crescendo of pain as her lungs expanded and her alveoli exploded.
Gravity
3
Plugged alveoli attenuate the rays, and so appear on film as white patches.
The new yorker
4
Between them, the lungs have somewhere in the neighborhood of six hundred million alveoli.
The new yorker
5
Volatile substances can be released via alveoli, bronchial mucosa or from the upper airways.
Pubmed
6
The numbers of alveoli were reduced and the walls thickened.
Pubmed
7
The lungs - with 300 million alveoli - inhale and exhale just like flesh-and-blood ones.
Wired
8
However, as the infused liquid cleared, the alveoli reappeared and their diameters could be quantified.
Pubmed
9
Trace air from the outside atmosphere into the alveoli.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
10
Additionally, emphysema tissue damage was observed in OVA-exposed alveoli.
Pubmed
11
Epithelial cells within these alveoli had distinct, centrally located nuclei and contained intracellular lipid droplets.
Pubmed
12
Few particles were counted at midpoints between bifurcations, and particles rarely were observed within alveoli.
Pubmed
13
Anthrax spores kill by producing lethal toxins that eventually rupture the alveoli in the lungs.
Wired
14
Yet, the molecular mechanisms how mechanical distension of alveoli results in surfactant secretion are still elusive.
Pubmed
15
Secretion of pulmonary surfactant in the alveoli of the lungs is essential to maintain lung function.
Pubmed
16
Gas exchange in the lung takes place via the air-blood barrier in the septal walls of alveoli.
Pubmed
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