What is meaning of - walls of alveoli are one cell thick ?

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This means that the walls of alveoli consist of a single layer of cells, i.e. they are very thin walled. They are covered with blood capillaries for the exchange of gases to take place and oxygen can easily diffuse into the blood stream and be transported to various parts of the body through the heart.

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