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.»
Not exact matches
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.