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Alveoli Small air sacs or cavities in the lung that give the tissue a honeycomb appearance and expand its surface area for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Mentioned in: Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Atelectasis, Blastomycosis, Chlamydial Pneumonia, Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, Emphysema, Hookworm Disease, Pneumocystis Pneumonia, Pneumonia, Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection alveoli [al·vē′ō·lī] See alveolus. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Once water has flooded the lungs, osmosis may cause a portion of
any alcohol in the blood to pass out of the circulatory system into the
flooded alveoli. (28-30) Pendelluft is the
movement of air between neighboring lung units (the functional unit of
gas exchange, which consists of structures containing alveoli that
reside distal to the end of the terminal bronchiole) that have different
time constants. Patchy interstitial change with alveolar septal thickening,
coagula of debris in alveoli, and associated atelectasis were evident. |
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