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What causes oxygen to diffuse into the blood from the alveoli - simplest anwer?
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∙ 8y ago
A diffusion gradient.
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What walls does the oxygen and nutrients diffuse?
alveoli
Oxygen diffuse into the blood at the alveoli?
Carbon dioxide does.
Do alveoli have C shaped rings around them?
Alveoli are surrounded by capillaries so that the oxygen can diffuse into the blood and carbon dioxide can diffuse out. I think it depends on the shape of the alveoli to the path of the capillary.
What causes oxygen from the water to diffuse into the blood?
the lungs causes oxygen from the water to diffuse into the blood
Air sacs in the lungs through which oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse into and out of the blood are the?
alveoli
How does the structure of the alveoli relate to the structure of the lungs?
Alveoli are similar to cells in the sense that they have a large surface area to volume ratio. This is advantageous since they depend on there surface to allow as much oxygen as possible to diffuse through. Therefore, the correct answer would be something like this : Since alveoli's have a large surface area to volume ratio, it oxygen to diffuse through. More oxygen can be absorbed. If the alveoli had a smaller surface area to volume ratio, it would be very difficult for oxygen to diffuse through. Therefore, it is advantageous for the alveoli to be small in volume, but great in surface area.
How does the structure of the alveoli relate to its function in the lung?
Alveoli are similar to cells in the sense that they have a large surface area to volume ratio. This is advantageous since they depend on there surface to allow as much oxygen as possible to diffuse through. Therefore, the correct answer would be something like this : Since alveoli's have a large surface area to volume ratio, it oxygen to diffuse through. More oxygen can be absorbed. If the alveoli had a smaller surface area to volume ratio, it would be very difficult for oxygen to diffuse through. Therefore, it is advantageous for the alveoli to be small in volume, but great in surface area.
How the structure of the alveoli relate to its function in the lungs?
Alveoli are similar to cells in the sense that they have a large surface area to volume ratio. This is advantageous since they depend on there surface to allow as much oxygen as possible to diffuse through. Therefore, the correct answer would be something like this : Since alveoli's have a large surface area to volume ratio, it oxygen to diffuse through. More oxygen can be absorbed. If the alveoli had a smaller surface area to volume ratio, it would be very difficult for oxygen to diffuse through. Therefore, it is advantageous for the alveoli to be small in volume, but great in surface area.
Why aren't the alveoli dry and not wet all the time?
The moistness of the alveoli allows for exchange of gases. This is the primary function of the alveoli, and the lungs. Gases can dissolve in water, but they can not dissolve in dry solid material. If the alveoli were dry, oxygen could not diffuse into the blood and carbon dioxide could not diffuse out. Such a person would suffocate.
Is the alveoli comprised of millions of cells?
No, alveoli consist of flattened epithelial cells which make the diffusion rate faster (by the reducing the distance the path that oxygen has to diffuse through).
Does oxygen passes through the walls of the alveoli from the air into the cappilaries of the whist?
Yes, Oxygen diffuses through the wall of the alveoli then through the walls of the capillaries. :)
Does carbon dioxide diffuse from the capillaries to the alveoli?
yes while oxygen then diffuses into the blood, and carbon dioxide diffuses out. it's a chain
