Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Alveoli

Alveoli

1) Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles in the lungs.

2) A small cavity or pit: as a) a socket in the jaw for a tooth; b) any of the small thin-walled air-containing compartments of the lung that are typically arranged in saclike clusters into which an alveolar duct terminates and from which respiratory gases are exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries; c) an acinus of a compound gland; d) any of the pits in the wall of the stomach into which the glands open.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
Improve it
More
Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

More

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Related terms

alveoli
Biology; Cell biology

Tiny, thin-walled, inflatable sacs in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.

alveoli
Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Tiny, balloon-like air sacks in the lungs. Alveoli are designed to allow oxygen to pass rapidly into the blood and are also efficient at absorbing inhaled drugs.

alveoli
Medical; Human genome

1) Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles in the lungs. 2) A small cavity or pit: as a) a socket in the jaw for a tooth; b) any of the small thin-walled air-containing ...

alveoli
Health care; Sexual health

Sacs inside the breast that produce milk.

alveoli
Health care; Cancer treatment

Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles (tiny branches of air tubes) in the lungs. The alveoli are where the lungs and the bloodstream exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen. ...

alveoli
Parenting; Pregnancy

Tiny milk-producing sacs that are arranged in clusters throughout the breast. Each breast has hundreds of alveoli. Once the milk is produced, it's secreted into tube-shaped ducts ...

eugenics
Biology; Human genome

Eugenics is a bio-social movement which advocates the practice that very talented people should spread their genes by having more children, and less talented people should be ...

celiac disease
Medical; Human genome

A digestive disease that is caused by an immune response to a protein called gluten, which is found in wheat, rye, barley, and oats. Celiac disease damages the lining of the ...

atherosclerosis
Medical; Human genome

1) Age, lifestyle, diet, and gene related degeneration of arteries due to deposition of lipoid plaques (atheromas) on inner arterial walls; main cause of coronary artery disease, ...

astigmatism
Medical; Human genome

1) Unequal curvature of the refractive surfaces of the eye. Thus a point source of light cannot be brought to a point focus on the retina but is spread over a more or less ...

bone marrow transplantation
Medical; Human genome

The transference of bone marrow from one human or animal to another.

cavernous
Medical; Human genome

1) Having caverns or cavities. 2) Of tissue: composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 1

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Politics Category: U.S. politics

Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam is a common national personification of the American government depicted as a stern elderly man with white hair and a goatee beard. He is ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

Office 365

Category: Technology   6 20 Terms

Cheeses

Category: Food   5 11 Terms

Browers Terms By Category

TERMS

SOCIAL

EXTRAS

SOLUTIONS