The largest lung subunit in which all airways participate in gas exchange, and it is composed of the parenchyma of the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveoli. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2014492 MP:0010911 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3382030 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acinus#The_Lungs ]

Synonyms: arbor alveolaris acinus pulmonaris pulmonary acini

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

contributor

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6677-8489

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UBERON:0008874