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Biology 3.1.1 Types of tissues in the lungs
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- 1What are macrophages? Where are they found?White blood cells that engluf and digest foreign substances
Found in alveoli surface - 2What does cartilage do in the lungs? Where are they found?Support and holds bronchi open and prevents them collapsing
Bronchi and trachea - 3Where is smooth muscle found?In the walls of trachea, bronchi and bronchioles
- 4What is the smooth muscle's function?To narrow the lumen
- 5Where is elastic fibre found?Walls and airways and alveoli
- 6What does the elastic fibre's function?When elastic fibre recoils, the airways widen and air is forced put of alveoli
- 7Where are goblet cells?Throughout the ciliated epithelium
- 8What do goblet cells do?Secrete sticky mucus to trap particles and prevent drying out
- 9Where are ciliated epithelium cells found?Lining the trachea, bronchus and bronchioles
- 10What does ciliated epithelium do?The cilia moves to waft mucus up the airway back to the throat
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