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ALVEOLUS [2 records]

Record 1 2011-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bronchi
DEF

One of the tiny air sacs located at the very ends of the bronchioles within the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bronches
CONT

Les bronchioles respiratoires se terminent en forme de grappe de raisin, que l'on appelle des alvéoles. C'est à travers les parois de ces alvéoles que s'effectuent les échanges entre le sang et l'air contenu dans les poumons (échanges gazeux).

OBS

alvéole : Il est à noter que la forme au masculin est vieillie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bronquios
DEF

Cada una de las fositas hemisféricas en que terminan las últimas ramificaciones de los bronquiolos.

CONT

Los bronquios y los bronquiolos son las diversas ramificaciones del interior del pulmón, terminan en unos sacos llamadas alvéolos pulmonares que tienen a su vez unas bolsas más pequeñas o vesículas pulmonares, están rodeadas de una multitud de capilares por donde pasa la sangre y al realizarse el intercambio gaseoso se carga de oxígeno y se libera de CO2 [dióxido de carbono].

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Record 2 2011-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
DEF

One of the cavities or sockets of the jaw, in which the roots of the teeth are embedded.

CONT

Each tooth consists of three portions: the crown, projecting above the gum; the root, imbedded in the alveolus; and the neck, the constricted portion between the crown and root.

Key term(s)
  • alveolar cavity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
DEF

Cavité creusée dans les maxillaires inférieurs et supérieurs dans laquelle les racines des dents sont implantées.

OBS

alvéole : Il est à noter que la forme au masculin est vieillie.

Key term(s)
  • alvéole dentaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Odontología
DEF

[Cada una de las] cavidades existentes en el maxilar y la mandíbula, donde encajan las raíces de las piezas dentarias.

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