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Meanings of alveoli in английском

русский
лёгочная альвеола
португальский
alvéolos pulmonares
испанский
alvéolo pulmonar
каталонский
alvèol pulmonar

Hollow cavity found in the lungs.

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лёгочная альвеола
Usage of alveoli in английском
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Stretching of alveoli during lung inflation is the main trigger for surfactant secretion.
Pubmed
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The rapid crescendo of pain as her lungs expanded and her alveoli exploded.
Gravity
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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
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The numbers of alveoli were reduced and the walls thickened.
Pubmed
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The lungs - with 300 million alveoli - inhale and exhale just like flesh-and-blood ones.
Wired
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However, as the infused liquid cleared, the alveoli reappeared and their diameters could be quantified.
Pubmed
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Trace air from the outside atmosphere into the alveoli.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
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Additionally, emphysema tissue damage was observed in OVA-exposed alveoli.
Pubmed
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Epithelial cells within these alveoli had distinct, centrally located nuclei and contained intracellular lipid droplets.
Pubmed
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Few particles were counted at midpoints between bifurcations, and particles rarely were observed within alveoli.
Pubmed
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Anthrax spores kill by producing lethal toxins that eventually rupture the alveoli in the lungs.
Wired
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Yet, the molecular mechanisms how mechanical distension of alveoli results in surfactant secretion are still elusive.
Pubmed
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Secretion of pulmonary surfactant in the alveoli of the lungs is essential to maintain lung function.
Pubmed
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Gas exchange in the lung takes place via the air-blood barrier in the septal walls of alveoli.
Pubmed
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португальский
alvéolos pulmonaresalvéolo pulmonar
каталонский
alvèol pulmonaralvèol
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