MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -basement membrane. Simple squamous epithelium Simple squamous epithelia consist of a single. layer of flattened cells. This type of epithelia lines the inner surface of all blood vessels (endothelium), forms. alveolar sacs in the lung and lines the body cavities (mesothelium). The primary function.

Detailed explanation-2: -simple squamous epithelium is a single layer of flat scale-shaped cells. Both the endothelial lining of blood vessels and the mesothelial lining of the body cavities are simple squamous epithelium.

Detailed explanation-3: -Simple squamous epithelial cells are thin and flat (the thinnest of all epithelial cell-types), which allows them to have a large surface area that is exposed to the lumen on one side (the apical surface), and to the basement membrane (i.e. basal lamina) on the other (the basolateral surface; Figure 1).