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It's commonly said that if you were able to extract all 300 million (or so) of the lungs' alveoli (the smallest units of gas exchange), unravel each so it formed a flat piece of tissue, then lay each alveolus down side by side, they would cover an entire tennis court. Has this ever been done? Heck no. But approximations have been made, and it seems like this is relatively correct.
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If you open our lungs they are large enough to cover a?
If they were opened up they could cover an average tennis court.
How many surface area do your lungs take up?
If you unfolded all the folds and branches in your lungs, the area it would cover would equal about one half of a tennis court.
How long is your lungs when rolled out?
as long as a regular tennis court.
How much space would all the air sacs in the lungs of an adult cover?
no one knows, this is a very stupid question, why do you need to know this??
Are your lungs as big as a football field if they are flattened out?
no they are as big as a tennis court!!
Which part of the body has a surface area about the same size as a tennis court?
The human lungs have roughly the same surface area as a tennis court if they were to be laid out. This is 2,808 square feet, or 260.87 square meters.
Is it true that if you roll out your lungs they can measure to the size of a tennis court?
Yes, they can measure to the size of a tennis court.No, it is not. It is only about the size of a small hotel bathroom floor, not including the tub.
What is 'tennis court' when translated from English to French?
"Tennis court" in English is court de tennis in French.
What tennis court is the slowest?
Clay courts are known to be the slowest tennis court.
What is the name of a tennis court?
A tennis Court.:S
Do you say A lighted tennis court or A lit tennis court?
You say "a lit tennis court." ex. Tennis courts are lit at night.
The grape-like clusters of air sacs within the lungs are the?
There are about 300 million alveoli in each of your lungs. These tiny air sacs provide an ideal site for the diffusion of gases into and out of the blood – also known as gaseous exchange.The alveoli have a very large surface area – in fact if all of the alveoli in your lungs were spread out flat they would cover the area of a tennis court.
