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Alveoli are grape-like air spaces at the distal ends of the bronchial upside-down tree.
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Which condition results in the irreversible enlargement of the air spaces in the lungs?
Emphysema is the irreversible enlargement of the air spaces in the lungs.
What is the term describing solid material within the air spaces of the lungs as noted on an x-ray?
pulmonary infiltrate
What are the air spaces in the lungs called?
The air spaces in the lungs are called pulmonary alveoli. They are where gas exchange occurs in the lungs of mammals.
What is the medical term meaning tiny air sacs?
Alveoli. Singular is alveolus. You have millions of alveoli in your lungs.
What is the medical term meaning disease in which tiny air sacs in the lungs are destroyed making breathing difficult?
emphysema
What is the medical term meaning condition in which Tiny air sacs in the lungs are destroyed making breathing extremely difficult?
Emphysema
What is the medical term meaning air in the stomach?
Aerophagia is the medical term meaning swallowing air, which can lead to air in the stomach. The gastric bubble is the normal view of air in the stomach found on xray.Aerohagis is the medical term for swallowing air. When it is released in a burp, the medical term is eructation.
What is the name that describes the act of breathing in air?
The intake of air into the lungs is called ihhaling (inhalation). Another medical term is aspiration(used more specifically to mean fluids that are inhaled into the lungs).
What are tiny air spaces in the lungs by blood capillaries?
Alveoli. Singular is alveolus.
What is the meaning of air sac?
One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of the lungs; an air cell.
What is it called when the oxygen in your lungs moves from the air spaces from high concentration to low concentration?
breathing
What is the medical term meaning fluid in the lungs?
This is called a Pulmonary Edema. Everybody has a small layer of fluid on their lungs, but this is where the air sacs within become logged with water and it then becomes dangerous and develops into this condition. The symptoms include breathing difficulties, coughing and distress.
