In emphysema, these structures are unable to collapse properly and cause difficulty exhaling while in general, they are the primary site of gas exchange with the blood.
One product produced by these structures contains two palmitoyl groups attached to a phosphatidylcholine. One type of these structures form surfactant to lower surface tension, while the effect surface tension has on their inflation can be described using Laplace's law. In emphysema, these structures are unable to collapse properly and cause difficulty exhaling while in general, they are the primary site of gas exchange with the blood. Meaning little cavity, for 10 points, name these structures found at the end of the bronchi, small balloon-like sacs found in the lungs.
One product produced by these structures contains two palmitoyl groups attached to a phosphatidylcholine.
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