Alveoli vs Atrium - What's the difference?
alveoli | atrium |
(alveolus)
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A small cavity or pit.
(anatomy) an anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity
(anatomy) a small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.
(architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
(architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
(anatomy) Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
* {{quote-book, 1965, Janet Kircher Warter, Palynology of a Lignite of Lower Eocene (Wilcox) Age from Kemper County
, passage=Nexine 0.5? thick, separating from the sexine about 5? from the pore and forming a deep, well-defined atrium .}}
As nouns the difference between alveoli and atrium
is that alveoli is (alveolus) while atrium is atrium (a square hall lit from above).alveoli
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Noun
(head)alveolus
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Noun
(alveoli)Synonyms
* (air sac in lung) pulmonary alveolusDerived terms
* alveolar * alveolate * dental alveolus (syn. tooth socket)See also
* (Alveolus) * (Pulmonary alveolus)References
* * * ----atrium
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(wikipedia atrium)Noun
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