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There are many capillaries in the lungs. These small blood vessels are the site of gas exchange in the alveoli.
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What are airbags in your lungs for?
the airbags in the lungs are for transferring oxygen into the capilliaries
What two structures does the exchange of gas occur?
There are two place where this process occurs: i) the Lungs, and ii) the Capilliaries.
Clump of capilliaries in the kidney is called?
Glomerulus
What type of doctor do you need for facial capilliaries?
a dermatologist.
Which blood vessels are primarily concerned with reabsorption?
peritubular capilliaries
What blood vessels help blood travel through the circulatory system?
Carry oxyginated blood to the body, and deoxiginated blood back to the lungs to get oxygen.
Do capilliaries have valves?
Capillaries do not have valves. Veins are the blood vessels with valves.
What blood vessel changes blood from oxygenated to deoxygenated?
The capillaries carry oxygenated blood from the arterioles through body tissues, where the oxygen diffuses into cells that need it. The capillaries then receive carbon dioxide from the cells, and enter the venules that lead to veins.
Does capilliries carry blood away from the heart?
No arteries do, these then lead into arterioles and into capilliaries.
Capilliaries are located where?
Capillaries are located between arteries and veins. They are found throughout the body.
Differentiate vains arteries and capilliaries?
Veins carry deoxygenated blood, arteries carry oxygenated blood, and capillaries are for gas exchange between tissues and blood. One exception to that is the pulmonary artery and pulmonary veins of the heart -- they are named backward. The pulmonary artery actually carries the deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs, and the pulmonary vein carries the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
Why substances enter and leave the blood stream through the walls and capilliaries amd not arteries and veins?
Oxegen and Carbon dioxide
