Closed cmungall closed 9 years ago
This is a tricky one. I don't think that they are synonymous; there certainly would parts of the alveolar wall (i.e. at the outer aspects of the lung) that would not be considered an alveolar septum. Perhaps the confusion comes whether "alveolar wall" corresponds to what the FMA calls the "Wall of pulmonary alveolus" (FMAID:62795) which also includes, e.g., connective tissue between individual alveoli, or the "wall of the alveolar sac" (FMAID:14117). Comments welcome.
Original comment by: tfhayamizu
Original comment by: tfhayamizu
Will move "interalveolar septum" to part_of child of "alveolar wall" (see attached notes)
Proposed definition: Portion of alveolar wall intervening between adjacent alveoli.
Original comment by: tfhayamizu
Original comment by: tfhayamizu
alveolar wall vs. septum notes
Original comment by: tfhayamizu
I think that alveolar wall [MA:0002568] and interalveolar septum [MA:0000421] are the same thing? They seem to be used interchangeably in the literature, and FMA has interalveolar septum as a synonym of alveolar wall. But I'm not sure.
Original comment by: cindyJax
Original Ticket: obo/mouse-anatomy-requests/39