Chapter 23.3, Problem 10BYGO

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The differences between the epithelium of bronchioles and alveoli and the way the structural difference is associated with the functional difference.

Introduction:

The two broad categories of epithelia are simple epithelium and stratified epithelium. In the case of simple epithelium, all the cells rest on a basement membrane, whereas in the stratified epithelium, all the cells rest on the top of other cells.