KROK 1 2011 – Question 157 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
Electronic microphotography of pulmonary alveole’s wall presents a big cell. Its cytoplasm has a lot of mitochondria, developed Golgi apparatus, osmiophil lamellated corpuscles. What is the main function of this cell?
- A. It purifies the air
- B. It warms the air
- C. It absorbs microorganisms
- D. It is a component of blood-air barrier
- E. It produces surfactant
Hint
Match the organelles described, especially the dense lamellated bodies, with what such a cell stores and then releases onto the lining of the air sacs.
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