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alveolus of lung

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002299

Spherical outcropping of the respiratory bronchioles and primary site of gas exchange with the blood. Alveoli are particular to mammalian lungs. Different structures are involved in gas exchange in other vertebrates[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_alveolus ]

Synonyms: respiratory alveolus, pulmonary alveolus, alveolus pulmonis, lung alveolus

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

plural term
alveoli [ BTO:0000060 ]

plural term
respiratory alveoli

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Alveolus_diagram.svg

has related synonym

alveolus pulmonis, alveoli, respiratory alveoli

id

UBERON:0002299

prefLabel

Pulmonary alveolus

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606