blood-air barrier

Preferred Label : blood-air barrier;

MeSH definition : The barrier between capillary blood and alveolar air comprising the alveolar EPITHELIUM and capillary ENDOTHELIUM with their adherent BASEMENT MEMBRANE and EPITHELIAL CELL cytoplasm. PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE occurs across this membrane.;

MeSH synonym : alveolocapillary membrane; air-blood barrier; barriers, blood-air; air blood barrier; barrier, air-blood; barrier, blood-air; blood-air barriers; alveolocapillary membranes; membrane, alveolocapillary; membranes, alveolocapillary; air-blood barriers; barriers, air-blood; blood air barrier;

MeSH annotation : coord IM with endogenous substance /metab (IM) or exogenous substance /pharmacokin (IM);

Details

Origin ID

D015824;

UMLS CUI

C0005853;

Allowable qualifiers
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Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- blood-air barrier [UBERON concept]
Record concept(s)
- Blood-Air barrier [MeSH concept]
See also
- capillary permeability [MeSH Descriptor]
- pulmonary gas exchange [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]

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