alveolus
A tiny, thin-walled, capillary-rich sac in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.
SEEDED workflow status. The source-seeding rules supplied this record; consult its curation history for later attributed changes. This status does not establish human review.
Source attestations
| Source | Label / path | Assertions | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREGO | alveolus | 2 | TAXON |
Associated taxa
| Taxon | Source | Rank | Pool | Corroborated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Escherichia coli IMT2125 NCBITaxon:1204724 |
PREGO | 1 | 2 | |
Escherichia coli chi7122 NCBITaxon:475609 |
PREGO | 2 | 2 |
Also called
- air sac
- air sacic
- air sacs
- alveolal
- alveoli
- alveolis
- alveoluses