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pulmonary alveolus

hollow cavity found in the lungs
Class type of: alveolus Q191341

Facts

10 properties
Subclass of
alveolus
Part of
lung parenchyma[2]
Arterial supply
right pulmonary artery[6]
Development of anatomical structure
lung alveolus development[10]
Diameter
+350[8]
Has part(s)
pneumocyte[3]
Native label
alveolus pulmonis[4]
Radius
+175[5]
Thickness
+0.4[9]
Venous drainage
pulmonary vein[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en lung alveolus en alveolus en alveoli en pulmonary alveolus en pulmonary alveoli ar حويصلة هوائية ar سنخ رئوي ar الأسناخ الرئوية cs plicní sklípek cs alveola da Alveol de Alveole de Lungenbläschen el Κυψελίδα el Κυψελίδες es alveolo pulmonar es alvéolo pulmonar es Alveolos pulmonares fa الوئول fa کیسه تنفسی
🔖 Identifiers · 32
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85108995
GND ID
4168313-4
OpenAlex ID
C2778543330, C2908807708, C2909420118, C2779854577
BNCF Thesaurus ID
40344
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12425842w
Dewey Decimal Classification
611.2 (573.2–612.2, n=3)
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
14HPNC
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
52088
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/pulmonary-alveolus
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
7318
Freebase ID
/m/0pxpr
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
al-veola-cec0fd
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ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
1637303052
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XA5772
J9U entity ID
987007548549705171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
pulmonary-alveoli
KBpedia ID
Alveolus
MeSH descriptor ID
D011650
MeSH tree code
A04.411.715
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2.9B (2.8B–2.9B, n=3)
NALT ID
7283
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
153
Quora topic ID
Alveoli
SNOMED CT ID
361364000
Store medisinske leksikon ID
alveoler_-_lungene, alveolene
TA98 Latin term
alveolus pulmonis
Terminologia Histologica
H3.05.02.0.00026
UBERON ID
0002299
UMLS CUI
C0034051
Vikidia article ID
es:Alvéolo, eu:Albeolo, fr:Alvéole_pulmonaire
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
05536028-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/f9dace20-c49f-4b9e-bd92-cd8c436868a9

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🔗 Connections
← Anatomical location 2
minimum alveolar concentration, blood-air barrier
Has part(s) 1
pneumocyte
Venous drainage 1
pulmonary vein
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Summary

pulmonary alveolus is a type of alveolus[1].

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  1. [1] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Store medisinske leksikon ID → alveoler_-_lungene, alveolene
    "Changed [nb] labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: SML ID alveoler_-_lungene deprecated (now SML alveolene), SML ID alveolene, other names from Store medisinske leksikon (…"
  2. 18w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 14HPNC
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  3. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arterial supply → right pulmonary artery
    Part of → lung parenchyma
    Radius → 175 micrometre
    Development of anatomical structure → lung alveolus development
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007548549705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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