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Respiratory System > Lung > Pulmonary Alveoli

Preferred term

Pulmonary Alveoli  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Alveoli, Pulmonary
  • Alveolus, Pulmonary
  • Pulmonary Alveolus

Scope note

  • Small polyhedral outpouchings along the walls of the alveolar sacs, alveolar ducts and terminal bronchioles through the walls of which gas exchange between alveolar air and pulmonary capillary blood takes place.

History note

  • 66(64)

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • alveoli
  • alveolit
  • alveolus pulmonis
  • keuhkoalveoli
  • keuhkoalveolit
  • keuhkorakkula
  • Swedish

  • Alveoler
  • Lungalveoler

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011650

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