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Match the descriptions with their correct terms
C is a
B is a
A is a
The blood-air barrier:
Consists of bronchial capillaries, basal laminas and type 1 alveolar cells
Occurs at the terminal bronchiolar epithelium
Consists of pulmonary vessels and type II alveolar epithelial cells
Consists of pulmonary capillary endothelium, fused basal laminas and type 1 alveolar cells
Occurs at the visceral pleura only, which is the deepest part of the conducting airway
Which option is correct?
Cartilage, muscle, vessels of lung develop from splanchnic mesoderm
Each lung is covered directly with parietal pleura except at the hilum
The embryonic lungs grow into a cavity called the pericardium
All respiratory passages are lined internally by a columnar epithelium
The lungs develop as primitive buds from the endoderm of midgut