Epithelium lining bronchioles is

Pseudostratified columnar

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Pseudostratified sensory

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Squamous sensory

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Cuboidal and columnar

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Solution

The correct option is D Cuboidal and columnar
The bronchioles are lined by simple columnar to the cuboidal epithelium as their walls consist of ciliated or non-ciliated cuboidal epithelium and also columnar epithelium and some smooth muscle.
Hence, the correct answer is (D).

Suggest Corrections

	I		II
(a)	Simple squamous epithelium	(i)	Ureters
(b)	Simple cuboidal epithelium	(ii)	Epididymis
(c)	Nonciliated simple columnar epithelium	(iii)	Lining of alveoli of lungs
(d)	Transitional epithelium	(iv)	Lining of thyroid vesicles
(e)	Pseudostratified nonciliated columnar epithelium	(v)	Mucosa of stomach and intestine