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alveolus

[al-vee-uh-luhs] / ælˈvi ə ləs /
NOUN
lung
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In one example, six nests were stacked within a single alveolus, arranged one inside another like Russian dolls.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Figure 30.10 shows a human alveolus, which is part of the respiratory system.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

If you were travelling in a miniaturized ship through the respiratory system, from the pharynx to an alveolus, which structures would you pass along the way, and in what order?

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

A focus-stacked picture of a tiny, 3D-printed alveolus, or artificial lung.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 16, 2019

The first premolar is not preserved, but its alveolus indicates that it was a single-rooted tooth, placed behind the canine after the intervention of a very short diastema.

From On The Affinities of Leptarctus primus of Leidy American Museum of Natural History, Vol. VI, Article VIII, pp. 229-331. by Wortman, Jacob Lawson




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