The oxygen exchange in the lungs takes place across the membranes of small balloon-like structures called alveoli attached to the branches of the bronchial passages. These alveoli inflate and deflate with inhalation and exhalation. The behavior of the alveoli is largely dictated by LaPlace's law and surface tension.
John Adams and his wife Abigail had six children. His oldest daughter, Abigail, was born in 1765, and future president John Quincy Adams was born in 1767. A second daughter, Susanna, was born in 1768, followed by Charles in 1770, Thomas Boylston in 1772 and Elizabeth in 1777. Continue Reading.
Abigail was the second child. Abigail Adams. She was only 19 when she married the lawyer John Adams, on October 25, 1764 who was also his third cousin. They moved into a cottage in the north precinct of Braintree, MA, (today it is Quincy, Massachusetts) which stood next to the cottage in which John Adam was born.