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When one inhales, oxygen-rich air reaches the alveoliwhich are air sacs located in the lungs. The oxygen diffusesthrough the thin walls of the alveoli through the thin walls of the capillaries. The blood rich in oxygen carries it to the heart through the pulmonary vein. The heart pumps it through all parts of the body.
Meanwhile, deoxygenated blood rich in carbon dioxide reaches the pulmonary artery of the heart from various parts of the body. The blood diffuses through the capillary wall into the alveoli, and is exhaled.
Path of air (during inhalation) before reaching the alveoli:
- Nostrils
- Nasal Cavity
- Pharynx
- Larynx
- Trachea (windpipe)
- Bronchi
- Bronchioles
- Alveoli
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoAir does not "pass through" the lungs. Instead, air inflates the lobes of the lungs. Air inhaled through the nose or mouth enters the trachea, then into the main bronchus, then into the bronchioles, then to the terminal bronchioles where gas exchange occurs at the aveloi. The de-oxygenated air is exhaled, filled with carbon dioxide. Then the cycle begins again.
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When air passes out of the lungs it is inspiration?
When air passes through your lungs it is called respiration.
What organs does air pass through to get from your mouth to your lungs?
The air that is inhaled passes through the throat. More specifically, it passes through the trachea on its way to the lungs.
Air passes through these just before it reaches the lungs?
trachea
The function of the trachea?
the trachea is the windpipe which passes air through to pipe into the lungs
When you yawn air enters the body through the mouth or the nose from there it passes through the?
throat, bronchies, lungs
Which is the part of the face through which you take air into and out of lungs?
First it passes through the tracea, then the bronchus, then alveoli and then finally the air sac.
What structure passes air to the lungs?
Air passes through: 1. Nose or Mouth 2. Nasal cavity 3. Pharynx 4. Larynx 5. Trachea (in throat) 6. Bronchus (in chest) 7. Bronchioles (finer tubes inside lungs) into the alveoli (tiny pockets inside lungs). The o2/co2 exchange occurs in the alveoli where they interface with capillaries. Hope this helps.
When the air flows into the lungs is the air cooled?
No. It is warmed to near body temperature as it passes through the nose, throat, and bronchi.
What does air enter through from the larynx?
It next passes into the lungs when we breathe in, and out through the trachea, the larynx and the mouth and nose when we breathe out.
What are the correct order of the organs through which inhaled air passes from the epiglottes to the lungs?
nostril,pharynx and bronchi
Why is snot sticky?
Its function is to take dust out of the air as it passes through your nostrils to the lungs. That's why it is sticky.
What organ carries air from your nose and mouth to your lungs?
Air passes from the environment into the nose/mouth, through the nasopharynx and oropharynx, into the glottis, trachea, bronchi and its bifurcations, and into the alveoli of the lungs.
