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Respiratory System > Lung > Pulmonary Alveoli

Preferred term

Pulmonary Alveoli  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Alveoli, Pulmonary
  • Alveolus, Pulmonary
  • Pulmonary Alveolus

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DZK16QWJ-4

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