The alveolar epithelium in the lung is made up of which type of cells?

Ciliated columnar

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Non-ciliated columnar

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Ciliated squamous

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Non-ciliated squamous

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Solution

The correct option is D
Non-ciliated squamous

The linings in the alveoli (air sacs), kidneys, and blood vessels, are of simple squamous types as they assist in diffusion, osmosis and filtration phenomena or processes.

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List-I	List-II
(A) Simple squamous epithelium	(I) Ureters
(B) Simple cuboidal epithelium	(II) Epididymis
(C) Non-ciliated simple columnar epithelium	(III) Lining of alveoli of lungs
(D) Transitional epithelium	(IV) Lining of thyroid vesicles
(E) Pseudostratified non-ciliated columnar epithelium	(V) Mucosa of stomach and intestine