KROK 1 2015 – Question 38 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
Work in a mine is known to cause inhalation of large amounts of coal dust. Inhaled coal dust can be detected in the following pulmonary cells:
- A. Alveolar macrophages
- B. Respiratory epithelial cells
- C. Secretory epithelial cells
- D. Capillary endothelial cells
- E. Pericapillary cells
Hint
Think about which cells in the gas-exchange region of the lung have the job of taking up foreign particulate matter that reaches it.
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