NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The squamous epithelium is made of a single thin layer of flattened cells with irregular boundaries. They are found in the walls of blood vessels and air sacs of lungs. Due to their single thin layer, they are involved in a functions like forming a diffusion boundary.

Detailed explanation-2: -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).

Detailed explanation-3: -SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM: These flattened cells are called endothelial cells .