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The alveolus is a air sac that holds the oxygen. It squashes the oxygen molecules so they diffuse from the alveolus into the capillary. From there, they attach themselves to deoxygenated Red Blood Cells. The oxygen in the blood plasma are also squashed and are diffused. They go from the capillary to the alveoli to get breathed out. The alveoli transfers the oxygen to the lung capillaries and oxygenates the blood, then it is breathed out as Carbon Dioxide.
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What is the adjective for alveolus?
The adjective for alveolus (singular) or alveoli (plural) is alveolar.
What part of the mammary gland produces milk?
mammary alveolus
How can the blockage of the alveolus be removed?
Alveolar macrophage cells work to clear particles from the alveolus by phagocytosis. If this process is overcome by continued build up of particles then the alveolus becomes damaged. Once an alveolus is blocked there isn't much you can do.
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).
What are the meaning ofalveoli?
of Alveolus
What is a alveolus surrounded by?
Capillaries
What is meaning of alveoli?
of Alveolus
What is the medical term meaning imperfect dilation of the lungs or the collapse of an alveolus?
Atelectasis is the imperfect dilation of the lungs or the collapse of an alveolus.
What is a sentence for the word alveolus?
(Alveoli are the jaw sockets for teeth, or the individual air sacs in the lungs.) "In childhood, more than one tooth can occupy an alveolus." "In each alveolus of the lung, gases are exchanged with the capillary blood."
The structure that is lined with cilia is the?
alveolus
How many alveolus in lungs?
They can't be counted. We're talking hundreds of thousands, here. PS: Alveolus is the singular. Alveoli is the plural.
Where does the majority of gas exchange occur?
the alveolus
