VT ontology navigation

Search ontologies         Show   Display term IDs?


• VT root
  .....
      • lung morphology trait

    • respiratory alveolus morphology trait   VT:0002270   (1)
    Definition: Any measurable or observable characteristic related to the shape, structure, color, or pattern of the small sac-like dilations of the distal airspace of the lung; they are present along the walls of the alveolar sacs, alveolar ducts and terminal bronchioles; gas exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between alveolar air and blood in the pulmonary capillaries takes place across the cell walls. [MP:0002270];



    MP:0002270 (abnormal pulmonary alveolus morphology) is numbered similarly to VT:0002270 but is over in the MP ontology (semantics may or may not be similar).

    • To list mapped measures click on the counts in parentheses.
    • Counts are "number of measure mappings" and aren't necessarily the count of distinct measures.
    • Terms ending in "_" are terminal (leaf) nodes in the ontology structure.
    • To start at a root node:   VT root   MA root   MP root
    • More about ontologies in MPD