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Mediastinum. That is the cavity that contains the heart.
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Why are the alveoli and bronchi separated in the lungs?
The bronchi are the tubes that actually carry the air to the lungs, they have a different function than the alveoli which function in the process for gas exchange.
What Sponge-like cone shaped organ composed of three lobes separated by pleural membrane?
Lungs
What is a part of a lung?
The pleura: two thin membranes (visceral and parietal) separated by a fluid, that protect and cushion the lungs.
Do lungs protect the heart?
Lungs and heart are both located inside the rib cage where as the brain is inside the skull. The brain's blood supply is separated by the blood-brain barrier. Lungs are surrounded by pleural cavity
What is the outside part of a lung?
The pleura: two thin membranes (visceral and parietal) separated by a fluid, that protect and cushion the lungs.
The two fluid filled membranes that are used to separated the lungs in humans are called?
I don t know the answer. SORRY BUY BUY
How are the carbon dioxide carried by the blood?
oxygen is carried by the red blood cells, but carbon dioxide is separated from the air you breathe in the lungs, then exhaled.
Are bumpy ribs common?
the rib cage has gabs between the so every bone is separated this creates a cage that protects the lungs and heart organ..
What happens in the lungs air sacs sacs?
In the air sacs oxygen and other gases are stored and separated to be put into the blood stream.
What structure separates the circulatory and respiratory systems from the digestive system?
They are separated by the DIAPHRAGM - the thin, elastic muscle sheet that pulls downwards so that your lungs will pull air inwards.
Where air and blood are found in the lungs?
You have blood and air, very close to each other in alveolus of the lungs. They are separated by single flat epithelium of the capillary on one hand and single flat epithelium of the alveolus on another hand. Interestingly, the surface area of this transfer is about 1000 square feet.
What gas does the body need for the heart and lungs?
Heart has two sides (4chambers) separated by a septum.One side it collects the impure blood ie from all the parts of our body and pumps it to lungs. At lungs through alveoli the co2 diffuses out and oxygen enters the blood. this pure blood (oxygenated blood) enters the other side of heart from where it is pumped to all body parts AND cycle continues.
