Sentences with phrase «air sacs at»

The investigators focused on alveoli, the small air sacs at the ends of lung airways.
The sound bounces off the air sac at the back and then comes out through the junk.»

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Lucy could not speak the way we do, because she most likely had air sacs, balloon - shaped organs that attach to an extension of the hyoid bone, says Bart de Boer, an expert in the evolution of speech at Vrije University in Brussels.
The air sacs acted like bass drums, resonating at low frequencies, and causing vowel sounds to merge; Lucy's baby would have had a greatly reduced vocabulary.
«Results also identified mechanisms regulating the numbers and phenotype of macrophages in the tiny air sacs of the lungs (called alveoli) in health and disease,» said Takuji Suzuki, MD, PhD, the study's first author and a scientist in the Division of Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology at Cincinnati Children's.
«Birds have a unique respiratory anatomy called air sacs, which results in particular sensitivity to fragrances and aerosolized chemicals,» says Dr. Justine Lee, Associate Director of Veterinary Services at Pet Poison Helpline.
Golden Valley seniors Cyrus Allen (15) and August Tangaan (24) jump in the air during players introductions before a CIF Sac - Joaquin Section Division III playoff game against Manteca at Golden Valley High School in Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018.
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