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  4. Which of these epithelia is chiefly involved in function like diffusion and thereby is found in the wall of blood vessel and air sacs of the lungs?

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Q. Which of these epithelia is chiefly involved in function like diffusion and thereby is found in the wall of blood vessel and air sacs of the lungs?

Structural Organisation in Animals

Solution:

Squamous epithelium is made of a single thin layer of flattened cells whose edges fit closely together like the tiles of a floor involved in function like forming a diffusion boundary in the walls of blood vessels and air sacs of lungs.