Alveolar Epithelium

Preferred Label : Alveolar Epithelium;

NCIt synonyms : Lung Alveolar Epithelia;

NCIt definition : Epithelia of lung alveoli. The layer of cells covering the lining of the tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles.;

Details

Origin ID

C12867;

UMLS CUI

C0225694;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Alveolar Wall [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire alveolar epithelium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pulmonary alveolar epithelium [FMA entity]
Contains anatomical structure(s)
- Alveolar Cell [NCIt concept]
- Alveolar Cell Type I [NCIt concept]
- Alveolar Cell Type II [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Structure of alveolar epithelium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- alveolar epithelium [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Pulmonary alveolar epithelium [FMA entity]
- Structure of alveolar epithelium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- alveolar epithelium [SNOMED Notion]
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- Atypical Adenomatous Lung Hyperplasia [NCIt concept]
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- Ficolin-3 [NCIt concept]

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