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How oxygen and carbon dioxide enters and leaves the body and is transported in the blood?
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∙ 11y ago
When you inhale, you take air into your lungs. There are structures within your lung called alveoli that are directly connected to the pulmonary (that is, 'of the lung') artery and vein. In these alveoli, oxygen is transferred into the blood in the artery (arteries carry oxygenated blood while veins carry deoxygenated blood). Red blood cells contain haemoglobin (American spelling 'hemoglobin'), an iron-based protein that carries the oxygen. As the blood travels through the body, oxygen is delivered to the tissues of the body in blood vessels called capillaries--extremely narrow vessels that branch off of the arteries (their tiny diameter assists in oxygen transfer)--in exchange for carbon dioxide. The capillaries then widen out again to become veins, and the blood--now carrying carbon dioxide--ultimately moves back to the lungs, where they are reloaded with oxygen and the carbon dioxide is released into the alveoli to be expunged from the body via exhalation.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoThat would the the respiratory system, but for one specific organ you might be looking for the lungs.
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∙ 14y agoThe alveoli, are tiny little structures in the lungs. Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen diffuse in and out through there.
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∙ 14y agoThe lungs
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∙ 12y agoLungs.
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Stomata
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What comes in and out of a stomata?
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carbon dioxide enters the plant through it's leaves. glad to help :)
Air that leaves the air sacs is rich in the gas?
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Why is it different when the composition of the air as it enters the lung compaerd to when it leaves the lung?
The air that enters the lungs is richer in oxygen when it enters the lungs. when it leaves it has more carbon dioxide and less oxygen as the lungs expel carbon dioxde and some unused oxygen.
