alveolar sac - CISMeF

Preferred Label : alveolar sac;

Uberon definition : The small terminal dilation of the alveolar ducts around which the alveoli form pocket-like clusters;

Uberon synonym : sacculus alveolaris; pulmonary alveolar sac;

Uberon related term : air sac;

Details

Origin ID

0002169;

UMLS CUI

C0225691;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Alveolar Sac [NCIt concept]
- Alveolar sac [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Alveolar Sac [NCIt concept]
- Alveolar sac [FMA entity]
- Structure of alveolar sac of lung (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- alveolar sac of lung [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Alveolar Sac [NCIt concept]
- Alveolar sac [FMA entity]
- Entire alveolar sac of lung (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
contributes to morphology of
- pulmonary acinus [UBERON concept]
has part
- alveolus of lung [UBERON concept]
part of
- alveolar system [UBERON concept]
- pulmonary acinus [UBERON concept]

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