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Meaning of "alveolus"

alveolus (noun): In anatomy, an 'alveolus' refers to a tiny air sac in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place during respiration. Alveoli have a crucial role in facilitating efficient gas exchange to support the oxygenation of blood
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  • A small cavity or pit.
  • Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
  • The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
  • An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.

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I am separating the alveolus from the vomer.
There is burning of the tissue in the alveolus.
The remains of an alveolus or tooth socket.
A dense network of capillaries surrounds each alveolus.
So you know this is our alveolus in the lungs.
Each alveolus surrounded by capillaries.
Single layer in the walls of each alveolus.
Each alveolus is surrounded by hundreds of small blood vessels called capillaries.
Each of these sacs is called an alveolus.
The alveolus is the bony upper gum that contains teeth.
One of these sacs is called an alveolus.
An alveolus is an anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity.
This bubble serves as a model alveolus.
Schematic representation of a matrix of alveolus where the insect pupae are allocated.
This is the inside of of an alveolus.

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The internal surface of the alveolus is covered with a thin coat of fluid.
They appear as small brown nodules in the septum of the alveolus.
The formation in the bone crest of an alveolus that is subsequently widened.
The alveolus is an important site where gas exchange in the body is conducted.
Image of the alveolus.
The membrane of each alveolus behaves as dielectric layer since it blocks ionic conductance.
The maxillopalatine suture midline terminus is level to the fourth maxillary alveolus.
It will not be described how the different alveolus distribution patterns are obtained.
The walls of the acini surround a small central cavity known as an alveolus.
Oxygen is going to make its way from this alveolus into the blood vessel.
The cylinder with alveolus allows a separation in two parts of products with different lenght.
First the oxygen must diffuse from the alveolus into the capillaries.
Thereby the implant can be screwed like a wood screw into the osseous alveolus.
And what that means is that the alveolus literally tries to help constrict the arteriole.
I have already used one of those fake breast that have the alveolus to explain.
The tar mist accesses the pulmonary alveolus and is quickly absorbed into the blood.
Treatment and prognosis are usually based upon keeping these teeth and preserving the alveolus.
The dental alveolus found on Sinosaurus is the first documented dental pathology found on a dinosaur.
The alveolar bone is the bone of the jaw which forms the alveolus around teeth.
The alveolus around the incisor 's cracked.
The disease usually starts within the alveoli and spreads from one alveolus to another.
Each alveolus has in depth a faceted profile ;.
This negative pressure generates airflow because of the pressure difference between the atmosphere and alveolus.
An alveolus / bubble must be detached from the blister completely.
These various effects allow the complete restoration of the tooth functional activity within its alveolus.
Alveolus are surrounded by capillaries, through which the gasses enter and exit.
I will not be such a stranger when I detach your bicuspids from your alveolus.
The alveolus around the incisor is cracked, the socket caked with blood.
Secondly, we have the slicing knife with alveolus.
Clefts involving lip, alveolus and palate are one of the most common malformations among humans.
Thus, the securing cage floats radially in the alveolus.
Each alveolus had a foramen ( opening ) near its side where a replacement tooth could be seen.
Second, the hearing tubes do not communicate with maternal alveolus.
The alveolus (socket) of the lower incisor extends all the way through the fossil.
Bronchi are further branched, and one bronchiole is connected to one alveolus.

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