Alveoli in the Lungs: Anatomy Sketch

alveoli  Dental alveoli are bony sockets in the jaws in which the roots of the teeth are inserted in the alveolar process, with the help of the The walls of alveoli are extremely thin and comprised primarily of simple squamous epithelium The thin simple squamous cells that form the majority of an

The alveoli of the lungs act much like balloons in that there is some effort involved to inflate them, but when the inflating pressure is released, the recoil ALVEOLI are the very small air sacs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place CAPILLARIES are blood vessels in the walls of

Alveoli are first located in the respiratory bronchioles that mark the beginning of the respiratory zone They are located sparsely in these bronchioles, line Emerging evidence also supports the idea that persistent influx of neutrophils into the alveoli is required for expediting lung damage in LPS-induced ALI or