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The tiny air sacs in the lungs that take oxygen from the air and put it into the blood?
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∙ 14y ago
These tiny air sacs are called alveoli. These alveoli are surrounded by capilaries tiny blood vessells. These capilaries have holes that are to small for blood cells to escape but are big enogh for oxygen molecules to pass in to the blood stream and attach to the haemoglobin in your blood.
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∙ 11y agoThe tiny air-sacks in your lungs are call the alveoli.
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∙ 14y agoThey're called Alveoli; they are wrapped in capillaries, tiny blood vessels. Both the alveoli and capillaries are only one cell thick which allows for easy diffusion of gases.
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Where does blood and oxygen exchange take place in the lungs?
in the micro air sacs
Where does the exchange of the blood and oxygen take place in the lungs?
In the alveoli - the minute sacs at the ends of the branches.
Why is oxygen poor blood pumped to the lungs?
The lungs take in oxygen, this oxygen travels down to the alveoli (thin, permeable sacs), which are covered in blood vessels, and the oxygen travels into the blood due to a pressure difference and CO2 goes from the blood to the lungs to be exhaled. The body needs that oxygen for almost every system in the body.
Which gas do the air sacs in the lungs take out of the air?
They extract oxygen from the air.
Where does the body get its oxygen from?
Human bodies take air into the lungs and remove oxygen from it (air is about 21% oxygen). In the alveoli (air sacs within the lungs) oxygen passes into the bloodstream where it is absorbed by the chemical hemoglobin in red blood cells. The oxygen is carried to all the cells of the body. The blood cells pick up carbon dioxide that the cells create when they oxidize food to get energy. This carbon dioxide is returned to the lungs, where it leaves the blood and is released from the body when you exhale.
Where does the blood take in oxygen from?
The lungs
Which gas does blood take from lungs?
Oxygen
Why is it important for blood to circulate through the lungs?
Because the blood flows through tiny capillaries that are touching the air sacs in the lungs. The red blood cells release carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide enters the air in the lungs and is exhaled. They the red blood cells take oxygen from air you breath in and then the oxygen-rich blood cells go back to the left side of the heart.
What gases pass from the blood to the lungs?
blood takes oxygen and gives carbon dioxide to the lungs
Which gas does blood take from the lungs and which gas does it give the lungs?
blood takes oxygen and gives carbon dioxide to the lungs
What organ is made up of masses of alveoli?
lungs
Does the artery take the blood to the lungs to pick up oxygen?
no
