type II cells

type II cells
type II alveolar cells pleomorphic cells of the pulmonary alveolar epithelium that secrete surfactant and are distinguished by abundant cytoplasm containing numerous lipid-rich multilamellar bodies; called also granular pneumonocytes and great or large alveolar c's.

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