Which type of epithelial tissue is found forming the walls o

Which type of epithelial tissue is found forming the walls of the air sacs in the lungs? What is the function of this tissue there? Which type of epithelial tissue is found forming the walls of many of the kidneys tubules, as well as glands? What is the function of this tissue there? Which type of epithelial tissue if found lining many of the airways of the respiratory tract? What type of cell surface characterizes this epithelial tissue? What is the function of this tissue there? Which type of epithelial tissue if found in the small intestine? What type of cell surface characterizes this epithelial tissue? Which type of epithelial tissue if found forming the outer layers of skin? What type of cell surface characterizes this epithelial tissue? What is the function of this tissue there? Which type of epithelial tissue if found lining the urinary bladder? What type of cell surface characterizes this epithelial tissue? What is the function of this tissue there?

Solution

Simple squamous epithelium lines air sacs of lungs. In the alveoli of lungs these cells allow oxygen from the air to enter the blood in the capillaries of the lung. Carbon dioxide, a waste product, passes across the epithelium of the alveoli to be removed from the body.