The connective tissue located between the respiratory (airway and alveolar) epithelium, the capillary endothelium and pleural mesothelium; it contains basement membrane composed of collagen, elastin, proteoglycans, and fibronectin. [ MP:0002276 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14635660 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]
Synonyms: pulmonary interstitium connective tissue of lung
Term information
- MA:0001782
- FMA:27533
- SCTID:201609008
- EMAPA:35521
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
pulmonary connective tissue
lung interstitium
lung interstitial tissue
pulmonary interstitial tissue