Alveolar Duct

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Key Facts

Abbreviation
AD
Pronunciation
/ælˈviələr dəkt/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. However, the NOS activities in epithelial cells of bronchi, alveolar duct and sac, in hypoxic rats were not affected.
  2. RESULTS : Histochemically, in normal rats, the NOS positive staining was found in epithelial cells of respiratory duct including bronchi, alveolar duct as well as in endothelium of pulmonary vessels, and the negative staining was found in pneumonocytes.
  3. The expression of HCY-2 in motor neurons of anterior crus in spinal cord was fierce. Simultaneously HCY-2 fiercely expressed in epithelium from small bronchial to alveolar duct and type ⅱ alveolar cells.
  4. There was accumulation of neutrophils in the pulmonary capillaries and hyaline membrane formation on the epithelial surface of the alveoli and alveolar duct walls.
  5. According to the microvascular architecture, the pulmonary microvasculature may be divided into three ordered units : i. e. the alveolar, the alveolar duct, and the respiratory bronchiolar units.

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