| General structure of mucous membranes (mucosa) and serous
membranes (serosa)(pleura, pericardium, peritoneum) |
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| Cell types and their functions in tracheal, bronchial and
bronchiolar epithelia: ciliated cells, goblet cells |
Brush cells, Clara cells, small granule-containing
cells). |
| Alveoli (type I and type II pneumocytes); alveolar
capillaries. |
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| Surfactant production. |
Hyaline membrane disease. |
| Vessels, nerves and lymphatics of the bronchi and lungs |
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| Alveolar macrophages. Elastic fibres. |
Effects of smoking on respiratory epithelia. |