what is type 1 alveolar cells?

Answer 1

The wall of alveoli consist of two types pf alveolar epithelial cells.The more numerous type 1 alveolar cells are simple squamous epithelial cells that form a nearly continous lining of the alveolar wall.Type 2 alveolar cells also called septal cells are fewer in number and found between type1 alveolar cells.The thin type1 alveolar cells are the main sites of gas exchange.Type 2 alveolar cells rounded or cuboidal epithelial cells with free surfaces containing microvilli,secrete alveolar fluid which keeps the surface between the cells and the air moist.

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Answer 2

They would be in the lung, facilitating the oxygenation of blood.

Beyond that, I cannot tell you.