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The cavilies of alveoli of lungs are lin...

The cavilies of alveoli of lungs are lined by

A

cuboidal epithelium

B

columnar epithelium

C

stratified cuboidal epithelium

D

squamous epithelium

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D
There are 300 million of alveoli (also called acini) in two lungs. The alveoli have very thin wall consisting of squamous epithelium.
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