Alveoli – Tutorial

alveoli  Alveoli have moist walls that are only one cell thick which makes the exchange surface very thin and the process of diffusion much quicker  alveoli with a homo- geneous substance Fibroblastic buds in other parts of the section were also present , some of these contained a fine lumen

The pulmonary alveolus is known as a pump for breathing Alveoli cells are tiny, grape-shaped, distensible sacs They allow Segmented 3D images of alveoli in ducts and sacs in inspiration and in expiration Scale bar, 50 μm The ratio of the alveolar depth

Lung alveoli: anatomy and structure The alveoli of the lung are small air sacs that have extremely thin tissue walls The alveoli have a large Alveoli represent the major sites of gas exchange Their presence increases the surface area of the lung to maximize gas exchange, much like villi and