Assertion: lung's alveoli | /r/HasProperty | open
Facets:
value: via the airways
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to the atmosphere
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: with the result
type: OTHER
value: through the open airways
type: LOCATION
value: to the outside air
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The alveoli are open (via the airways) to the atmosphere, with the result that alveolar air pressure is exactly the same as the ambient air pressure at sea level, at altitude, or in any artificial atmosphere (e.g. a diving chamber, or decompression chamber) in which the individual is breathing freely.
text: The alveoli are open (via the airways) to the atmosphere, with the result that alveolar air pressure is exactly the same as the ambient air pressure at sea level, at altitude, or in any artificial atmosphere (e.g. a diving chamber, or decompression chamber) in which the individual is breathing freely.
text: Atmospheric pressure decreases with the height above sea level (altitude) and since the alveoli are open to the outside air through the open airways, the pressure in the lungs also decreases at the same rate with altitude.