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The function of the alveoli is to get oxygen into the blood stream for transport to the tissues, and to remove carbon dioxide from the blood stream. In the lungs, air is diverted into smaller and smaller microscopic branches called respiratory bronchioles, which connect to the alveolar ducts.
Function of Type 1 alveolar cells, relationship to pulmonary edema. The primary function of these cells is to exchange of O2 and CO2 between the airspace and blood. Type I cells and the alveolar endothelial cells are highly permeable to water, which facilitates the formation and resolution of pulmonary edema. Type I cells cannot replicate.