Where does the alveolar type II cell granule exit the cell? This is problematic, as I have not actually seen a granule exit the cell at the apical plasma lemma or anywhere, for that matter, on the lateral or basal plasmalemma. This phot is probably a glimpse of the closest encounter between a granule and the apical membrane that I have noticed, to date. This is still not definitive. Wavy lines=apical membrane, arrow points to the cytoplasm between the alveolar space and the granule, which is smeared by the tangential orientation. Close, but not proof.  guinea pig, probably animal 301.