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Cells > Epithelial Cells > Alveolar Epithelial Cells
Respiratory System > Lung > Pulmonary Alveoli > Alveolar Epithelial Cells

Preferred term

Alveolar Epithelial Cells  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Epithelial cells that line the PULMONARY ALVEOLI. Cuboidal epithelial cells that line the PULMONARY ALVEOLI and produce and secret PULMONARY SURFACTANTS. Large flat epithelial cells that line the PULMONARY ALVEOLI and are involved in PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE.

Entry terms

  • Alveolar Cells
  • Pneumocyte
  • Pneumocytes

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