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Oxygen passes through the lining of the lungs and into the blood. Carbon dioxide passes from the blood out into the air in the lungs. The blood flows near the surface of the lining in structures called capillaries, which are composed of tissue thin enough to allow this O2/CO2 transfer.
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∙ 11y agothe gas exchange between carbon dioxide and oxygen occurs.the air sacks in the lungs separate the gases and store other useful gases and send out waste gases
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∙ 14y agoIt is warmed in the nsal cavity; thus, an advantage of breathing is exercised in breathing through the nose, conpared to the mouth.
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∙ 9y agoIt is not air but oxygen reaches the lungs.
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∙ 12y agofrom blood
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Air passes through these just before it reaches the lungs?
trachea
What does the air reaches after the bronchi?
Lungs.
Is the major function of your nose is cleaning the air you breathe?
The nose both cleans and warms the air before it reaches the lungs.
What three ways dose the respiratory system modify air before it reaches the lungs?
if kevin touches it. it dies
What are the respiratory organs that air reaches after the bronchi?
Lungs.
Air reaches the lungs through a passageway called the?
Trachea
Does cilia help in cleaning the air that reaches the lungs?
Yes, cilia do help.
How is the air cleaned before it reaches the lungs?
Actually, air is not cleaned before reaching the lungs. That is why severe lung damage is caused by living in highly polluted areas and smoking. In fact, air is breathed into the lungs, and transported through your circulatory system by way of red blood cells. It is finally cleaned when blood is pumped through the kidneys
When you breathe air reaches lungs through?
The mouth, nose, pharynx, larynx and trachea.
What the tiny hairs in your nose act as when you inhale?
I'm not too sure, but I think they act as a filter for dust, dirt and all that gunk in the air before it reaches your lungs. :)
2 disadvantages of breathing through the mouth rather than the nose?
The air is not filtered like it is by the nosehairs.If it's cold outside the air isn't warmed up before it reaches the throat and lungs.
Do the lungs bring oxygen into blood?
When air reaches lungs which has thousands small sacks called alveoli the oxygen is difussed to blood capillaries that line alveolar wall.
