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What are alveolar?
They are alveoli bunched together in a group
What is a group of tiny air sacs?
alveoli
What about alveoli?
Alveoli are expanded chambers of epithelial tissue which form the gas exchange surfaces of the lungs. Multiple alveoli share a common duct forming alveoli sacs.
What is the group of tiny air sacs called?
alveoli
Is alveoli also know as alveolous?
Alveoli is simply the plural form of alveolus.Alveolus = singularAlveoli = plural
What part of the body obsorbs oxyegen form the air?
Alveoli
Which group consist entirely of materials found in human blood?
plasma, alveoli, protiens
Which part of the respiratory system divides into smaller and similar tubes in a pattern that resembles the branches of a tree?
trachea --> bronchi -->bronchioles --> alveoli
What connects the respiratory and circulatory system?
Alveoli
Is alveoli a proper noun?
No, the word 'alveoli' (the plural form of the noun alveolus) is a common noun, a general word for any small, angular cavity, pit, or hollow.
What is the singular form of the word alveoli?
One alveolus is a singular, tiny air sac of the lung, surrounded by a network of capillaries, and through which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged. A cluster of such air sacs are alveoli (plural of alveolus).
Where does gas exchange occur between the lungs and blood?
An alveolus (plural: alveoli, from Latin alveolus, "little cavity") is an anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity. Found in the lung parenchyma, the pulmonary alveoli are the dead ends of the respiratory tree, which outcrop from either alveolar sacs or alveolar ducts, which are both sites of gas exchange with the blood as well.
