These processes, the authors proposed, induce the plasma membrane to detach from the underlying actin cortex — cytoplasmic flow into this region then induces the extension of a bleb and ...

This bulge will eventually separate from the cell, taking part of the cytoplasm with it. Blebbing is most often ... or roughly 2.5 times smaller than the width of a human hair. The blebs coming off ...

A pulmonary bleb is a small collection of air between the lung and the outer surface of the lung (visceral pleura) usually found in the upper lobe of the lung. When a bleb ruptures the air escapes ...