SkyMark, JetStar and others offer flights from Tokyo and other major cities in Japan to Naha. Low cost airlines such as Air Asia Japan and Peach Aviation now fly between Okinawa (Naha) and Tokyo Narita, Osaka Kansai respectively. Most Japanese airlines do offer deep discounts, but they MUST be bought in advance.
The alveoli are open to the environment so alveolar pressure (i.e. the pressure inside the lungs) is really the same as atmospheric pressure. Intrapleural pressure is the pressure of the air in the pleural cavity in which the lung sits (the space between the lung tissue and the chest wall).
View All. Alveoli are an important part of the respiratory system whose function it is to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules to and from the bloodstream. These tiny, balloon-shaped air sacs sit at the very end of the respiratory tree and are arranged in clusters throughout the lungs.