Pulmonary Alveoli. Alveoli, Pulmonary . Alveolus, Pulmonary . Pulmonary Alveolus . Small polyhedral outpouchings along the walls of the alveolar sacs, alveolar ducts and terminal bronchioles through the walls of which gas exchange between alveolar air and pulmonary capillary blood takes place. . 1.00
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis. Alveolar Proteinoses, Pulmonary . Alveolar Proteinosis, Pulmonary . Proteinoses, Pulmonary Alveolar . Proteinosis, Pulmonary Alveolar . Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinoses . A PULMONARY ALVEOLI-filling disease, characterized by dense phospholipoproteinaceous deposits in the alveoli, cough, and DYSPNEA. This disease is often related to, congenital or acquired, impaired processing of PULMONARY SURFACTANTS by alveolar macrophages, a process dependent on GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR. . 0.80