Lamellar bodies

Alveolar type II cell. The lamellar bodies can be seen leaving the surface of the cell.

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Lamellar bodies (or keratinosomes) are secretory organelles found in type II pneumocytes. The phospholipids stored there, based on choline, serve as pulmonary surfactant after being released from the cell.

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