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Alveolus (pl. alveoli, adj. alveolar) is a general anatomical term for a concave cavity or pit. Alveolus may refer to: In anatomy and zoology in general * Pulmonary alveolus, an air sac in the lungs * * Alveolar cell or pneumocyte * * Alveolar duct * * Alveolar macrophage * Mammary alveolus, a milk sac in the mammary glands * Alveolar gland * Dental alveolus, also known as "tooth socket", a socket in the jaw that holds the roots of teeth * * Alveolar ridge, the jaw structure that contains the dental alveoli * * Alveolar canals * * Alveolar process * arteries * * Superior alveolar artery (disambiguation) * * * Anterior superior alveolar arteries * * * Posterior superior alveolar artery * * Inferior alveolar artery * nerves * * Anterior superior alveolar nerve * * Middle superior alveolar nerve * * Inferior alveolar nerve In Botany, Microbiology, and related disciplines alveoli may be: * Surface cavities or pits, such as on the stem of Myrmecodia species * Pits on honeycombed surfaces such as receptacles of many angiosperms * Pits on the fruiting bodies of fungi such as Boletus or the ascocarps of fungi such as typical Ascomycetes * Pits on the valves of the tests of many diatoms In medicine * Alveolar soft part sarcoma In linguistics * Alveolar consonant, a linguistic vocalization depending upon touching tongue to alveolar ridge * Alveolar stop ==See also== * Acinus, considered by some (but not all) sources to be synonymous with Alveolus pt:Alvéolo 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alveolus (disambiguation)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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