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What are the consequences of pollution and smoke on the alveolar sacs?
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What enviormental conditions might cause damage to the alveolar sacs and what would be the consequences of that damage?
Pollution and smoke
What might cause damage to the alveolar sacs?
Environmental conditions such as pollution and smoke could permanently damage the alveolar sacs.
What is a another name for alveolar sacs?
lion
What causes alveolar sacs to fuse together?
Alveolar sacs is the structural unit of lungs.Tiny blood capillaries fuse together to make up an alveolar sac.This structure of the sac is very important for the easy diffusion of respiratory gases across the membrane.
What is emphyzema?
Hyper inflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls.
What is the endpoint of bronchioles?
Respiratory bronchioles end in alveolar sacs (alveoli).
What kind of epithelial tissue is in the alveolar sacs of the lungs?
Simple Squamous
Alveolar ducts alveolar sacs terminal bronchioles respiratory bronchioles bronchi bronchioles What is the order from largest to smallest?
The respiratory looks like an upside down tree, from the trunk to the branches and to fruit (such as an apple). From largest to smallest, the respiratory system consists of the throat to main bronchi, to bronchioles, to terminal bronchioles, to alveolar ducts, to alveolar sacs (aveoli look like tiny grapes).
Where does Vesicular breathing sounds probably result from?
Air filling the alveolar sacs.
What kind of epithelial tissue is found in alveolar sacs of the lungs?
Simple Squamous
What is air sacs within the lungs?
Alveolar means pertaining the the alveolus (plural alveoli), the small air sacs in the lungs.
What is alveolar ventilation refers to?
Alveolar volume is lung capacity. Alveoli are the air sacs in the bronchioles. How much air the lungs hold during both inspiration and expiration is lung capacity which is alveolar volume. Hope this helps
