MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Simple squamous epithelium is a type of simple epithelium made up of squamous epithelial cells that lines the outer layer of the skin, endothelium, and secretory parts of the small glands. It also lines the glomeruli in the kidney and the pulmonary alveoli where passive diffusion occurs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Squamous epithelial cells in the alveoli 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Type I pneumocytes cover 70% of the internal surface of each alveolus. These cells are thin and squamous, ideal for gas exchange. They share a basement membrane with pulmonary capillary endothelium, forming the air-blood barrier where gas exchange occurs.