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Alveolar-capillary membrane

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Gases diffuse most efficiently across a respiratory membrane if the membrane is?

Thick and moist


What two important gases diffuse across the respiratory membrane?

oxygen and carbon dioxide


How would thick-walled alveoli affect the exchange of the respiratory gases?

lower exchange rate,takes longer for gases to diffuse


Why do gas exchange surfaces need to be moist?

The gases are to dissolve and diffuse through.


How does the circulator systems work with the respirator systems to get oxygen into the blood?

At the respiratory surface gases diffuse into or out of the blood depending on the pressure gradient.


How do insects respire?

Insect respiratory system uses a system of internal tubes and sacs through which gases either diffuse or are actively pumped, delivering oxygen directly to tissues that need it via their trachea.


The exchange of respiratory gases in a cell takes place through the?

the lungs


Gases diffuse most efficiently across what?

Diffusion of gases easily occurs across a membrane. The gases will have to be converted into liquids so as to diffuse easily.


Do hydrogen and oxygen diffuse?

All gases diffuse to a homogenous phase.


What is a transport process by which gases move through a membrane?

Simple Diffusion


Why does single celled organism not necessarily need a respiratory system?

Nutrients and gases can diffuse directly across the cell membrane, thereby eliminating a need for such a complex system. #hopeihelped :)


what are the gases diffuse at lowest rate?

gases with the higher molar mass