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Where does gas exchange occur?
gas exchange occurs between the thin walls of the alveoli and the thin walls of the capillaries
What are tiny blood vessel with very tiny walls that are the site of the exchange of useful and waste products?
Capillaries are the tiny, thin-walled blood vessels that are the site of the exchange of useful products and waste products. They allow diffusion of these materials across their thin walls.
Which type of blood vessel allows for oxygen and carbon dioxide to exchange?
Capillaries are the thin-walled vessels that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange. Their thin walls make it easy for gases to diffuse across the membranes.
What blood vessels do the exchange of gases occur?
the blood vessel which allows gas exchange to occur is the capillaries
Why are capillaries the site of material exchange between the cells and blood?
The walls of capillaries are very thin allowing the nutrients of cells to diffuse through them. They facilitate the diffusion of nutrients to the body by passing them through their cell walls.
Why do the walls of the capillaries and aveoli need to be thin?
The walls of alveoli are thin to allow the exchange of gases (Co2 and O2) between blood capillaries and the aveoli in the lungs.
The thin walled sace in the lungs where air exchange occurs are known as?
The alveolus (plural alveoli)
How does thin walls help the lungs in gaseous exchange?
No, the alveoli wall should be as thin as possible, i.e. one cell layer thick, in order to make the diffusion distance for gas exchange as short as possible.
Why does human lungs need thin permeable walls?
To allow for gas exchange, i.e. oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Where does gas exchange occur in the human respiratory system?
Gas exchange does not occur in the respiratory tract, it occurs in the alveoli.
How does paramecuim respires?
As a unicellular organism, and very thin, paramecium can just exchange gasses across their cell membranes.
What does the alveolus and capillary have in common?
Thin walls to allow gases to diffuse across them
