absence of the flattened, branched squamous cells that covers more than 98 percent of the alveolar surface, and have thin (50-100 nm) cytoplasmic extensions to form the air-blood barrier essential for normal gas exchange
Synonyms
Exact Synonyms:
absent AT1
;
absent ATI
;
absent Pulmonary alveolar type I cell
;
absent Type 1 pneumocyte
;
absent lung type 1 cells
;
absent membranous pneumocytes
;
absent small alveolar cells
;
absent squamous alveolar cell
;
absent squamous alveolar lining cell
;
absent type 1 alveolar epithelial cells
;
absent type I alveolar epithelial cells
;
absent type I cells
;
absent type I pneumonocytes