| MP term: | abnormal pulmonary alveolus morphology |
| Synonym: | abnormal alveoli |
| Synonym: | abnormal pulmonary alveoli morphology |
| Synonym: | abnormal respiratory alveoli morphology |
| Synonym: | abnormal respiratory alveolus morphology |
| MP id: | MP:0002270 |
| Definition: | any structural anomaly of the small sac-like dilations of the distal airspace of the lung; they are present along the walls of the alveolar sacs, alveolar ducts and terminal bronchioles; gas exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between alveolar air and blood in the pulmonary capillaries takes place across the cell walls |
| Number of paths to term: | 1 |
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc |
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