pore (redirected from alveolar pores)

pore (por) a small opening or empty space.

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alveolar pores  openings between adjacent pulmonary alveoli that permit passage of air from one to another.

nuclear pores  small octagonal openings in the nuclear envelope at sites where the two nuclear membranes are in contact, which together with the annuli form the pore complex.

slit pores  small slitlike spaces between the pedicels of the podocytes of the renal glomerulus.

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pore (pôr)

n.

1. A minute opening in an animal or plant tissue.

2. One of the minute openings of the sweat glands of the skin.

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pore

a small opening or empty space.

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nuclear pore

a group of proteins with a central hole through which molecules pass through a nuclear membrane.

dilated pore of Winer

a benign follicular tumor that occurs on the head and neck of older cats; they resemble epidermal cysts with a keratin filled, wide opening (pore).