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Descriptor
English
:
Blood-Air Barrier
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Barrera Alveolocapilar
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Barreira Alveolocapilar
Synonyms
English
:
Air-Blood Barrier
Alveolocapillary Membrane
Tree Number:
A04.411.715.025
A07.025
Definition
English
:
The barrier between capillary blood and alveolar air comprising the alveolar
EPITHELIUM
and capillary
ENDOTHELIUM
with their adherent
BASEMENT MEMBRANE
and EPITHELIAL CELL
cytoplasm
.
PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE
occurs across this membrane.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coord IM with endogenous substance /metab (IM) or exogenous substance /pharmacokin (IM)
See Related
English
:
Capillary Permeability
Pulmonary Gas Exchange
History Note
English
:
90
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AB
abnormalities
AH
anatomy & histology
CH
chemistry
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IN
injuries
IR
innervation
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
PP
physiopathology
RE
radiation effects
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
SE
secretion
SU
surgery
TR
transplantation
US
ultrasonography
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
24540
Unique Identifier:
D015824
Occurrence in VHL
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