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Is your lungs can store several hours' worth of oxygen true or false?
False. Lungs do not store oxygen. Oxygen is continuously delivered to the bloodstream and circulation by the lungs, where it is then transported to cells throughout the body.
Where is the largest store of oxygen in the body?
In your blood. The protein hemoglobin carries oxygen-molecules between the lungs and the peripheral tissues and organs.
What gas passes from the bloodstream into the lung?
Oxygen is the gas that passes from the lungs to the bloodstream.
Where in the body can you find oxygen?
In the bloodstream
What cell does oxygen from the bloodstream?
oxyhemoglobin
Which organ of the body diffuses oxygen into the bloodstream?
The lungs diffuse oxygen into the bloodstream. Oxygen from the air we breathe is absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the alveoli in the lungs, where it is then carried by red blood cells to be delivered to the body's tissues.
The goal of breathing is to delivers what?
To deliver oxygen to the bloodstream and to remove carbon dioxide from the bloodstream.
The gas that passes into the bloodstream at the lungs is?
Oxygen
When oxygen move from the lungs to the bloodstream is it by osmosis?
No, the movement of oxygen from the lungs to the bloodstream is not by osmosis. Instead, it occurs through a process called diffusion, where oxygen molecules move from an area of high concentration (in the lungs) to an area of lower concentration (in the bloodstream) to reach equilibrium.
What Organ Separates Oxygen And Carbon Dioxide?
I wouldn't exactly characterize it as separating carbon dioxide and oxygen, however, I think the answer you are looking for is the lungs which takes up oxygen into the bloodstream and expels carbon dioxide out of the bloodstream into the lungs so we can breathe it out again.
What is a gas that blocks oxygen from getting into your bloodstream?
Carbon monoxide is a gas that can block oxygen from getting into your bloodstream. When inhaled, it binds to hemoglobin in the red blood cells more readily than oxygen, reducing the amount of oxygen that can be transported in the blood.
What are the small sac-like structures in the lungs where oxygen moves into the bloodstream and what is this process called?
The small sac-like structures in the lungs are called alveoli. This is where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs with the bloodstream, a process known as gas exchange. Oxygen diffuses from the alveoli into the bloodstream, while carbon dioxide moves from the bloodstream into the alveoli to be exhaled.
