National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Lung Tissue

Synonyms

Lung Parenchyma

Lung Tissue

Definitions

Tissue consisting of an external serous coat, subserous areolar tissue and lung parenchyma. The parenchyma is made up of lobules wound together by connective tissue. A primary lobule consists of a terminal bronchiole, respiratory bronchioles, and alveolar ducts, which communicate with many alveoli, each alveolus being surrounded by a network of capillary blood vessels.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33024

code

C33024

DEFINITION

Tissue consisting of an external serous coat, subserous areolar tissue and lung parenchyma. The parenchyma is made up of lobules wound together by connective tissue. A primary lobule consists of a terminal bronchiole, respiratory bronchioles, and alveolar ducts, which communicate with many alveoli, each alveolus being surrounded by a network of capillary blood vessels.

FULL_SYN

Lung Parenchyma

Lung Tissue

label

Lung Tissue

Legacy Concept Name

Lung_Tissue

Preferred_Name

Lung Tissue

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C33024

Semantic_Type

Tissue

UMLS_CUI

C0819757

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12801

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