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alveolus of lung

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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 ]

Term info

Label

alveolus of lung

Synonyms
  • alveolus pulmonis
  • lung alveolus
  • pulmonary alveolus
  • respiratory alveolus
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

RO 0002175

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

depicted by

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

has related synonym

alveolus pulmonis, alveoli, respiratory alveoli

id

UBERON:0002299

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