THE SURFACTANT SYSTEM OF THE LUNGS. A REVIEW ARTICLE

This article contains the information about structure, functioning, and regeneration of type 2 pneumocytes. The composition surfactant, processes its synthesis, formation, secretion, distribution redistribution components, as well biological role surfactant in functioning lungs are described detail. development system during embryogenesis is also included. Objectives. To review modern literature on structure functions lungs, organization mechanism respiratory section, to characterize pneumocytes, synthesis secretion lungs. relevance chosen topic connected with a high level pathology including incidence organs diseases early childhood, associated an insufficient maturity. problem pulmonary newborns, premature babies, largely determines infant morbidity mortality.