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alveolus (ălvē`ələs): see lungs lungs, elastic organs used for breathing in vertebrate animals, excluding most fish, which use gills , and a few amphibian species that respire through the skin. The word is sometimes applied to the respiratory apparatus of lower animals. ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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| Once water has flooded the lungs, osmosis may cause a portion of
any alcohol in the blood to pass out of the circulatory system into the
flooded alveoli. (28-30) Pendelluft is the
movement of air between neighboring lung units (the functional unit of
gas exchange, which consists of structures containing alveoli that
reside distal to the end of the terminal bronchiole) that have different
time constants. Patchy interstitial change with alveolar septal thickening,
coagula of debris in alveoli, and associated atelectasis were evident. |
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