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alveolar sac
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The small terminal dilation of the alveolar ducts around which the alveoli form pocket-like clusters [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_sac ]
Term info
Label
alveolar sac
Synonyms
- pulmonary alveolar sac
- sacculus alveolaris
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
has alternative id
UBERON:0008871
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
air sac
id
UBERON:0002169
Term relations
Subclass of:
- lung epithelium
- respiratory tube
- epithelial sac
- part of some pulmonary acinus
- contributes to morphology of some pulmonary acinus
- part of some alveolar system
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