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Alveolar macrophage and Lung

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Alveolar macrophage and Lung

Alveolar macrophage vs. Lung

An alveolar macrophage (or dust cell) is a type of macrophage found in the pulmonary alveolus, near the pneumocytes, but separated from the wall. The lungs are the primary organs of the respiratory system in humans and many other animals including a few fish and some snails.

Similarities between Alveolar macrophage and Lung

Alveolar macrophage and Lung have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Macrophage, Pulmonary alveolus, Pulmonary surfactant, Smoking.

Macrophage

Macrophages (big eaters, from Greek μακρός (makrós).

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Pulmonary alveolus

A pulmonary alveolus (plural: alveoli, from Latin alveolus, "little cavity") is a hollow cavity found in the lung parenchyma, and is the basic unit of ventilation.

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Pulmonary surfactant

Pulmonary surfactant is a surface-active lipoprotein complex (phospholipoprotein) formed by type II alveolar cells.

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Smoking

Smoking is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream.

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Alveolar macrophage and Lung Comparison

Alveolar macrophage has 15 relations, while Lung has 327. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 1.17% = 4 / (15 + 327).

References

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