Sentences with phrase «air sacs called»

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The air sacs of the lungs, called alveoli, will be developed by the end of this week and will begin to secrete a substance called surfactant that keeps the lung tissue from sticking together.

Surfactant is a naturally occurring chemical needed to inflate the tiny air sacs (called alveoli) in baby's lungs when he or she is ready to breathe.

Air sacs may also have enabled creatures to make long, repeated calls without hyperventilating.

«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.

The bat family, also called sac - winged bats, have bag - shaped glands in each wing that are open to the air.

His actuators are made from soft polymer materials called elastomers, and his first prototype, a six - fingered gripper, resembles a starfish: when air is pumped into it through a thin tube, air sacs within expand, causing its digits to contract in a gentle grasping motion.

But when these invaders pass through to one or both lungs (often after you've had a cold or the flu), or if your immune system is too weak to defend against an infectious assault, tiny air sacs in your lungs, called alveoli, become inflamed and fill with fluid or pus.

After medication is given to kill adult heartworms (called an adulticide), the death of the heartworms can result in severe damage to the lung capillaries (small blood vessels in the lungs) and loss of blood to the air sacs (alveoli).

«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.