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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

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

In cases when ventilation is not sufficient for an alveolus, the body redirects blood flow to alveoli that are receiving sufficient ventilation.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

H to H' Alveolar length of maxillary tooth-row.—From anterior border of alveolus of M1 to posterior alveolus of M3.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.




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