alveolus

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

Figure 22.22 External Respiration In external respiration, oxygen diffuses across the respiratory membrane from the alveolus to the capillary, whereas carbon dioxide diffuses out of the capillary into the alveolus.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Alveolobasilar length.—from the posterior border of the alveolus of the third upper molar to the posterior border of the alveolus of the incisor.

From Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus montanus, in Wyoming and Colorado by Anderson, Sydney

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

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

Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah