loading...| Preferred Name | alveolar wall | |
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The alveolar walls contain capillaries and a very small interstitial space. In some alveolar walls there are pores between alveoli. There are two major alveolar cell types in the alveolar wall: 1. Flat Type I cells forming the structure of a alveolar wall. 2. Type II cells which secrete surfactant which lowers the surface tension and divide to produce Type I cells. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0002543 |
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The alveolar walls contain capillaries and a very small interstitial space. In some alveolar walls there are pores between alveoli. There are two major alveolar cell types in the alveolar wall: 1. Flat Type I cells forming the structure of a alveolar wall. 2. Type II cells which secrete surfactant which lowers the surface tension and divide to produce Type I cells. |
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BrendaTissueOBO |
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BTO:0002543 |
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alveolar wall |
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BTO:0002543 |
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alveolar wall |
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