A tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways.
Part of respiratory system of birds.
Sinónimos
Examples for "alveolus"
Examples for "alveolus"
1Two patients developed distant metastases and one patient developed a second primary in the lower alveolus.
2The monolayer surface tension is continuously regulated by the alveolus compression and expansion and protects the alveoli from collapsing.
3Pertaining to an alveolus.
1And the larger air cell gives the chick more oxygen for its first few breaths.
2A large air cell and a dark, freely moving yolk indicate that the egg is stale.
3Magnesia, asbestos air cell, molded asbestos, wool felt, waterproof paper and wool felt, cork, hair felt.
4The whole air cell system was removed and the mastoid cavity was filled with abdominal fat.
5Evaporation of water from the egg further shrinks the contents and increases the size of the air cell.
1Bone socket of a tooth; air sac of the lungs, etc.
2The air sac inoculated high-dose group exhibited a mortality rate of 67%.
3The air sac has become a swim bladder.
4When something blocks or scars those twigs, the air sac on the other side can't inflate.
5An air sac with cellular spaces is connected with the gullet and serves as a rudimentary lung.
6Each blocked air sac represents a fraction less air that lung is capable of breathing-breathingcapacity it does not get back.
7It grunted again, its wide, leathery, bullfrog-shaped head bobbing, and the air sac below its neck inflating and deflating with the sound.
8Six hours after the start of transport, SC birds were also inoculated in the thoracic air sac with 1×10(4) colony-forming units of E. coli.
9He recognized it by the particular mottling of its air sacs.
10Belck quickly lost his buoyancy as he emptied his air sacs.
11Emphysema involves the destruction of the air sacs and cells in lung tissue.
12The Physiome Projectés working model of human lungs, complete with 300 million air sacs.
13The air sacs in the lungs tend to stay collapsed.
14The skins of their air sacs tightened, drawing the features of their tiny faces into caricatures.
154 It belongs to the sargassum family, and is full of air sacs.
16By inflating their abdominal air sacs, they fool males into thinking their eggs are mature when they're not.