The small terminal dilation of the alveolar ducts around which the alveoli form pocket-like clusters. [ MP:0010902 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_sac ]
Synonyms: pulmonary alveolar sac sacculus alveolaris
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Term information
database
cross reference
- MA:0000418
- Wikipedia:Alveolar_sac
- SCTID:361964007
- EMAPA:35119
- UMLS:C0225691 (ncithesaurus:Alveolar_Sac)
- NCIT:C32057
- BTO:0000061
- FMA:7317
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
Subclass of:
- lung epithelium
- respiratory tube
- epithelial sac
- has part some alveolus of lung
- part of some pulmonary acinus
- contributes to morphology of some pulmonary acinus
- part of some alveolar system