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How is oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged in the bronchi and lungs?
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∙ 12y ago
When air is inhaled it is brought into aveoli, which are very small sacs surrounded by capilaries. These capilaries have blood flowing through them, and oxygen diffuses into the blood and carbon dioxide diffuses out of the blood and into the lungs.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe exchange occurs in the lungs thanks to the hemoglobin. I a nutshell, when exposed to fresh, oxygen-rich air, the hemoglobin picks up the oxygen and releases the CO2, by undergoing a change in its shape. The affinity for the oxygen is because of the iron atom in the center of the hemoglobin. The process involves substances such as 2,3 diphosphoglycerol, change in pH and temperature. These factos affect the affinity that the hemoglobin has for oxygen.
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∙ 13y agoWhen oxygen goes into the lungs it goes through different changes and turns into carbon dioxide when you let it out.
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∙ 10y agoIn the lungs are oxygen and carbon dioxide gases exchanged to facilitate the process of respiration. This happens in tiny air sacs that are known as alveoli.
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∙ 11y agothe oxygen
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What are the structures that allow for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and blood?
The tiny air sacs of the lungs were oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged are the alveoli.
Which 2 gases are exchanged at the surface of the air sac?
During photosynthesis, carbon dioxide and oxygen are exchanged. The plant uses the carbon dioxide for the photosynthesis and expels oxygen.
What gases are exchanged in the respiratory system?
The gases that are exchanged are oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Where are oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged in the lungs?
oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in alveoli (singular alveolus).
Is oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged in cappillaries that surround tiny sacs called bronchi?
Almost right....the exchange takes place in the alveoli
What consists of the respiratory conducting zone?
nostril,nasal cavity,epiglottis,trachea,bronchi,lungs,bronchioles,alveoli isthe answerafter the nasal cavity and trache air moves into the brinchi, into the bronchioles and intp the alveiolie where gases are exchanged (co2) carbon dioxide and (o2) oxygen
Which two gases are exchanged in the lungs?
oxygen and carbon dioxide
What two gases are exchanged in the lungs?
Oxygen and carbon dioxide in the alceoliCO2 and O2
What gases are exchanged in respiratory system?
The gases that are exchanged are oxygen and carbon dioxide.
How are oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged between the veins and arteries?
Plants give us oxygen we give them carbon dioxide.
What gasses are exchanged in the lungs?
There are two main gasses that are exchanged in the lungs: carbon dioxide and oxygen. The lungs use tiny air chambers called alveoli to take in oxygen and let out carbon dioxide.
What materials are exchanged in the respiratory system?
carbon dioxide and oxygen
