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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acinus#The_Lungs MP:0010911 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3382030 ]
Synonyms: acinus pulmonaris arbor alveolaris pulmonary acini
Term information
- FMA:7313
- SCTID:361365004
- Wikipedia:Acinus#The_Lungs
- NCIT:C33426
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- BFO_0000004
- anatomical entity
- part of some secondary pulmonary lobule
- connected to some terminal bronchiole