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.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D011650
altLabel
Alveoli, Pulmonary
Pulmonary Alveolus
Alveolus, Pulmonary
AQL
AB AH BS CH CY DE DG EM EN GD IM IN IR ME MI PA PH PP PS RE SU UL VI
cui
C0034051
DC
1
definition
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.
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