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Abstract
The barrier between capillary blood and alveolar air comprising the alveolar EPITHELIUM and capillary ENDOTHELIUM with their adherent BASEMENT MEMBRANE and EPITHELIAL CELL cytoplasm. PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE occurs across this membrane.
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13 entry terms
- Air-Blood Barrier
- Alveolocapillary Membrane
- Air Blood Barrier
- Air-Blood Barriers
- Alveolocapillary Membranes
- Barrier, Air-Blood
- Barrier, Blood-Air
- Barriers, Air-Blood
- Barriers, Blood-Air
- Blood Air Barrier
- Blood-Air Barriers
- Membrane, Alveolocapillary
- Membranes, Alveolocapillary
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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coord IM with endogenous substance /metab (IM) or exogenous substance /pharmacokin (IM)
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90
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Previous Indexing
- Capillaries (1969-1989)
- Pulmonary Alveoli (1969-1989)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Blood-Air Barrier. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015824. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015824
- Blood-Air Barrier. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%E2%80%93air_barrier
- Blood-Air Barrier. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q886410