The respiratory membrane consists of the following except: a. alveolar wall b. lymphatic vessel basement membrane c. epithelial basement membrane of the alveolar wall. d. capillary basement membrane e. capillary endothelial cells
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The respiratory membrane, which is where gas exchange occurs in the lungs, does not include b. lymphatic vessel basement membrane. The respiratory membrane is comprised of the alveolar wall (a.), the capillary endothelium (e.), and their respective basement membranes—which often fuse—together known as the epithelial basement membrane of the alveolar wall (c.) and the capillary basement membrane (d.).