| Term: | abnormal pulmonary alveolus morphology |
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| Synonyms: | abnormal alveoli | abnormal pulmonary alveoli morphology | abnormal respiratory alveoli morphology | abnormal respiratory alveolus morphology |
| 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 |
| Parent Terms: | is-a abnormal pulmonary acinus morphology |
| ID: | MP:0002270 |
| Anatomy: | tissues associated with this phenotype (with links to expression data) |