A tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways.
Part of respiratory system of birds.
Synonyms
Examples for "alveolus "
Examples for "alveolus "
1 Two patients developed distant metastases and one patient developed a second primary in the lower alveolus .
2 The monolayer surface tension is continuously regulated by the alveolus compression and expansion and protects the alveoli from collapsing.
3 Pertaining to an alveolus .
1 And the larger air cell gives the chick more oxygen for its first few breaths.
2 A large air cell and a dark, freely moving yolk indicate that the egg is stale.
3 Magnesia, asbestos air cell , molded asbestos, wool felt, waterproof paper and wool felt, cork, hair felt.
4 The whole air cell system was removed and the mastoid cavity was filled with abdominal fat.
5 Evaporation of water from the egg further shrinks the contents and increases the size of the air cell .
1 Bone socket of a tooth; air sac of the lungs, etc.
2 The air sac inoculated high-dose group exhibited a mortality rate of 67%.
3 The air sac has become a swim bladder.
4 When something blocks or scars those twigs, the air sac on the other side can't inflate.
5 An air sac with cellular spaces is connected with the gullet and serves as a rudimentary lung.
6 Each blocked air sac represents a fraction less air that lung is capable of breathing-breathingcapacity it does not get back.
7 It grunted again, its wide, leathery, bullfrog-shaped head bobbing, and the air sac below its neck inflating and deflating with the sound.
8 Six 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.
9 He recognized it by the particular mottling of its air sacs .
10 Belck quickly lost his buoyancy as he emptied his air sacs .
11 Emphysema involves the destruction of the air sacs and cells in lung tissue.
12 The Physiome Projectés working model of human lungs, complete with 300 million air sacs .
13 The air sacs in the lungs tend to stay collapsed.
14 The skins of their air sacs tightened, drawing the features of their tiny faces into caricatures.
15 4 It belongs to the sargassum family, and is full of air sacs .
16 By inflating their abdominal air sacs , they fool males into thinking their eggs are mature when they're not.
Other examples for "air sac"
Grammar, pronunciation and more