loading...| Preferred Name |
pulmonary alveolar duct |
| Synonyms |
respiratory alveolar duct alveolar duct ductus alveolaris |
| Definitions |
The respiratory conducting tubes distal to the respiratory bronchiole that lead to the alveolar sacs and the alveoli. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002173 |
| database_cross_reference |
EMAPA:32694 UMLS:C0391892 FMA:7341 NCIT:C32056 Wikipedia:Alveolar_duct MA:0000417 |
| definition |
The respiratory conducting tubes distal to the respiratory bronchiole that lead to the alveolar sacs and the alveoli. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Gray975.png |
| has_exact_synonym |
respiratory alveolar duct alveolar duct ductus alveolaris |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0002173 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| label |
pulmonary alveolar duct |
| notation |
UBERON:0002173 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
pulmonary alveolar duct |
| present_in_taxon | |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000008 |
In human anatomy, respiratory bronchioles exists proximal to the alveolar ducts. The epithelial lining consists of smooth muscle knobs covered by nonciliated, simple cuboidal cells. The smooth muscle constricts under parasympathetic innervation and relax under sympathetic innervation |
| subClassOf |