Pulmonary alveolar epithelium

Preferred Label : Pulmonary alveolar epithelium;

FMA definition : Simple squamous epithelium which lines pulmonary alveoli.;

Synonyme FMA : Epithelium of pulmonary alveolus;

Details

Origin ID

63915;

UMLS CUI

C0225694;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Alveolar Epithelium [NCIt concept]
- Structure of alveolar epithelium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- alveolar epithelium [SNOMED Notion]
- pulmonary alveolus epithelium [UBERON concept]
Constitutional part
- Type I alveolar epithelial cell [FMA entity]
- Type II alveolar epithelial cell [FMA entity]
Constitutional part of
- Wall of pulmonary alveolus [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Alveolar Epithelium [NCIt concept]
- Structure of alveolar epithelium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- alveolar epithelium [SNOMED Notion]

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