DeCS

Descriptor English:

Pulmonary Alveoli

Descriptor Spanish:

Alveolos Pulmonares

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	alveolos pulmonares
Entry term(s)	alveolo pulmonar
Scope note:	Pequeñas bolsas poliédricas ubicadas a lo largo de las paredes de los sacos alveolares, los conductos alveolares y los bronquiolos terminales a través de cuyas paredes se produce el intercambio gaseoso entre el aire alveolar y la sangre de los capilares pulmonares.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Alvéolos Pulmonares

Descriptor French:

Alvéoles pulmonaires

Entry term(s):

Alvéole pulmonaire

Tree number(s):

A04.411.715

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011650

Scope note:

Small polyhedral outpouchings along the walls of the alveolar sacs, alveolar ducts and terminal bronchioles through the walls of which gas exchange between alveolar air and pulmonary capillary blood takes place.

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

12087

Unique ID:

D011650

NLM Classification:

WF 600

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01