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Table 3 Ontology class relations for both mouse and human lung

From: Comprehensive anatomic ontologies for lung development: A comparison of alveolar formation and maturation within mouse and human lung

Relations

Examples

part_of

“left lung bronchiole” is part_of “left lung”

is_a

alveolar epithelium is_a epithelium

“lymphatic endothelial cell” is a “endothelial cell”

adjacent_to

“basement membrane” is adjacent_to “alveolar epithelium”

“pericyte” is adjacent_to “alveolar capillary endothelium”

branching_part_of

“lateral bronchiole” is a branching_part_of the “central bronchiole”

“terminal bronchiole” is a branching_part_of the “lateral bronchiole”

“alveolar duct” is a branching part of “the terminal bronchiole”

develops_from

“alveolus” develops_from “pre-alveolar terminal saccule”, which develops_from “pre-alveolar acinar tubule”

“secondary alveolar septum” develops_from “alveolar septal crest”, which develops_from “primary alveolar septum”

continuous_with

“trachea” is continuous_with “bronchus”, which is continuous_with “central bronchiole”