Air Sacs Overview

Encyclopedia: Air Sac

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Air sac is an anatomical term with several meanings: , Pulmonary alveolus, informally known as an air sac, one of innumerable spherical outcroppings of the respiratory bronchioles in the mammalian lung, the primary sites of gas exchange with the blood , an anatomical structure continuous with the trachea found in some insects which can be used to actively pump air throughout the body , an anatomical structure unique to the...


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Is it possible for the air sacs in your lungs to burst?
I was just wondering if it was possible for air sacs in the lungs to...

Yes, the air sacks in your lungs can burst but I don't think they will due to just breathing too hard. No matter how hard you breath in your lungs...

Asked by Fernando - 18 months ago

In the air sacs why are the red blood cells blue?
In the lungs there are air sacs where gas exchange takes place and the capillaries...

They aren't. In the lungs, capillaries are closely intertwined with the alveoli, passing close enough that oxygen can diffuse through the thin tissue and into the blood, where it...

Asked by pradip b - 0 month ago

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  • Prairie chicken air sacs & eye combs - 3 replies

    the air sacs and eye combs. have 2 questions that some of you could answer. I assume that I should remove the original air sac

    Feb 27, 2008

  • Double air sacs!? :-/ - 9 replies

    . I have candled them tonight and 2 of them seem to have double air sacs in them , there are definately live embryo's wiggling about but because there are what seems to be a split double...

    Apr 24, 2008

  • Detached Air Sacs? - 4 replies

    to check on the air sacs. In 10 out of the 18 eggs the air sac seems detached and when i slowly rotate sucesses and failures using both post servicesI've had eggs from ebay twice with...

    Sep 25, 2008

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Treatment Success for Oxygen

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Oxygen is a popular treatment for Air sacs.


Condition Members Success
COPD & Emphysema 31 100%
Heart Attack 7 100%
Pulmonary Fibrosi... 5 100%
Sarcoidosis 5 100%
Asthma 3 100%

Overall, 100% (51 members) find Oxygen helpful.