Definitions for "Alveolus"
A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil
A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc.
a small hollow or cavity; an air sac in the lungs; milk-secreting portion of a mammary gland
Microscopic, spherical milk-producing unit of the udder, composed of epithelial cells.
a cup-shaped out-pouching lined by simple squamous epithelium and supported by a thin elastic BM
Keywords:  honeycomb, cell
A cell in a honeycomb.
designate a small saclike dilatation.
Keywords:  teeth, dental, jaws, ridges, grow
The upper and lower dental ridges, which hold the teeth.
is the part of the jaws where the teeth grow.