KROK 1 2012 – Question 184 · 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 produces surfactant
- B. It purifies the air
- C. It warms the air
- D. It is a component of blood-air barrier
- E. It absorbs microorganisms
Hint
Ask what a well-developed Golgi apparatus together with osmiophilic lamellated inclusions says about the material this large alveolar cell stores and releases.
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