alveolus
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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
A focus-stacked picture of a tiny, 3D-printed alveolus, or artificial lung.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 16, 2019
Each tooth is anchored into a deep socket called an alveolus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The partial pressure of oxygen in the affected alveolus increases.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
P. fleshy, at first resupinate then expanded, sessile, subreniform, tomentose, yellow; g. broad, rather distant, tawny-orange; sp. tawny. alveolus, Lasch.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Microscopic analysis of tissue from sick cows showed the virus infects cells in the alveoli, the millions of tiny milk-producing sacs in udders.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 30, 2024
Sand is fine enough that it can travel deep into the lungs, blocking off access to the alveoli, which is where the lungs hand off their oxygen to the blood.
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2024
Lungs rely on tiny bulbs called alveoli, which expand and deflate with our breath, to facilitate the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air and our blood.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
However, it rarely affects the bronchi and alveoli in the lungs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023
The inferior border is hollowed out into alveoli, in which are implanted the superior molar and canine teeth.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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