Term Name: blood-air barrier
Synonyms:
Definition: The membrane between the capillary blood and alveolar air, comprised of the alveolar epithelium and the capillary epithelium and their adherent basement membranes and epithelial cell cytoplasm
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0003948]

Relationships
is part of: lung
is a type of: cell layer endoderm-derived structure