lung connective tissue

Preferred Label : lung connective tissue;

Uberon definition : the connective tissue located between the respiratory (airway and alveolar) epithelium, the capillary endothelium and pleural mesothelium; it contains basement membrane composed of collagen, elastin, proteoglycans, and fibronectin;

Uberon synonym : connective tissue of lung; pulmonary interstitium;

Uberon related term : pulmonary interstitial tissue; pulmonary connective tissue; lung interstitial tissue; lung interstitium;

Uberon Function note : it functions in the mechanical behavior of the lung, and forms a barrier to regulate the flow of plasma constituents from the capillaries to the airway and alveolar spaces;

Details

Origin ID

0000114;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Pulmonary interstitium [FMA entity]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire interstitial tissue of lung (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pulmonary interstitium [FMA entity]
contributes to morphology of
- lung [UBERON concept]
develops from
- lung mesenchyme [UBERON concept]
part of
- lung [UBERON concept]
transformation of
- lung mesenchyme [UBERON concept]

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