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pulmonary alveolar duct

Go to external page http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002173

the respiratory conducting tubes distal to the respiratory bronchiole that lead to the alveolar sacs and the alveoli [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/cwg https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]

Term info

Label

pulmonary alveolar duct

Synonyms
  • alveolar duct
  • ductus alveolaris
  • respiratory alveolar duct
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

latin term
ductus alveolaris [ FMA : TA FMA : 7341 ]

depicted by

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id

UBERON:0002173

taxon notes

In human anatomy, respiratory bronchioles exists proximal to the alveolar ducts. The epithelial lining consists of smooth muscle knobs covered by nonciliated, simple cuboidal cells. The smooth muscle constricts under parasympathetic innervation and relax under sympathetic innervation