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
This is achieved by constricting the pulmonary arterioles that serves the dysfunctional alveolus, which redirects blood to other alveoli that have sufficient ventilation.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Each tooth is anchored into a deep socket called an alveolus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
It was compared by the Academicians to a great tooth 478 half extracted from the alveolus, with the upper part of the fangs exposed.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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
They found that changes in pressure affected the activity of two channels involved in sodium transport -- the epithelial sodium channel and the sodium-potassium ion pump in the cells of lung alveoli.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2024
Lung alveoli are the small air sacs where oxygen and CO2 exchange between the lung and blood takes place, and the major site of radiation pneumonitis.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2023
Their exchanges must in all cases take place through the capillary walls and the layer of cells lining the alveoli.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Introductory
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