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Yes, in a sense the respiratory system removes oxygen from the air and replaces it with carbon dioxide.
When the respiratory system takes in air, it reduces the concentration of oxygen from 21% to 16%. The air is inhaled by the diaphragm into the trachea, which leads into the lungs via the bronchi. It enters the alveoli where the oxygen is taken to the red blood cells passing through the lungs. The red blood cells take the oxygen and combine it with the food from the intestines. It is then burned, fueling the muscles in our body. So in a more literal sense, the oxygen is not completely removed, but what is removed is burned. On an interesting note, birds, and perhaps dinosaurs, are the only creatures with lungs that have no alveoli. Instead, it has air sacs. These sacs do not play a direct role in gas exchange, but do store air and act like bellows, allowing the lungs to maintain a fixed volume with fresh air constantly flowing through them.
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∙ 11y agoWater is lost as vapor but surfactants reduce the amount. Oxygen is absorbed and not removed by the lungs.
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∙ 9y agoI guess no (in general). I think the circulatory system circulates the oxygen to the cells.
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∙ 8y agoCarbon Dioxide is released from the body during exhalation.
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How does the throat help the human body?
It transfers food to the stomach, connects to the lungs for the inhalation of oxygen and the exhalation of carbon dioxide.
What do red blood cell transport from tissues?
Red blood cells transport oxygen from the lungs to the tissues and remove carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs for exhalation.
How is CO2 expelled from the body?
Exhalation
What does your body use to deliver oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body?
esfsd
What is inhalation and its actions?
it is the first step of respiration... taking in oxygen. This is then used for cellular respiration by cells whereby glucose (using oxygen) is converted into ATP (energy.)
Why are inhalation and exhalation important to the human body?
Inhalation means breathing in, and exhalation is breathing out.
What is exchanged in the circulation in the body?
In the lungs, the carbon dioxide from oxygen-poor blood ("used" blood) is released from the body through exhalation and is replaced by oxygen through inhalation, turning the oxygen-poor blood into oxygen-rich blood.
How does the throat help the human body?
It transfers food to the stomach, connects to the lungs for the inhalation of oxygen and the exhalation of carbon dioxide.
What do red blood cell transport from tissues?
Red blood cells transport oxygen from the lungs to the tissues and remove carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs for exhalation.
How does your body get rid of carbon?
exhalation
How is CO2 expelled from the body?
Exhalation
How does an oxygen conserving device conserve oxygen?
Oxygen is delivered only upon inspiration, thereby conserving oxygen during exhalation.
What does your body use to deliver oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body?
esfsd
Why does exhalation occur in the human body?
To remove Carbon Dioxide which is dissolved in our blood stream. Dissolved Carbon Dioxide forms Carbonic Acid which is toxic to us.
What is inhalation and its actions?
it is the first step of respiration... taking in oxygen. This is then used for cellular respiration by cells whereby glucose (using oxygen) is converted into ATP (energy.)
When the lungs take in oxygen they are functioning to collect oxygen for the body to use. When air is expelled from the lungs they are functioning to?
remove waste from the body
When the lungs take in oxygen they are functioning to collect oxygen for the body to use When air is expelled from the lungs they are functioning to?
remove waste from the body
