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What diffuses out of the capillaries into areas between cells?
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What type of blood vessels is oxygen released into body cells?
Capillaries - they are the smallest vessels that serve as arteries and veins.
Do capillaries surround alveoli?
The alveoli are the sites of respiration: the oxygen in them provided by the inhaled air diffuses into the blood cells that flow through the capillaries. Carbon dioxide diffuses out of the blood and into the alveoli so it can be exhaled. The capillaries provide a way for the blood to reach the alveoli. Hope this helps
The transport of oxygen by hemoglobin occurs in the?
capillaries between the cells in the lungs or the capillaries between the cells in the body
When oxygen is being carried back to blood cells?
Oxygen is transferred to blood cells in the capillaries around the alveoli. It diffuses from the alveoli into the bloodstream, and to the hemoglobin molecule.
Why do blood capillaries surround alveoli?
The alveoli are the sites of respiration: the oxygen in them provided by the inhaled air diffuses into the blood cells that flow through the capillaries. Carbon dioxide diffuses out of the blood and into the alveoli so it can be exhaled. The capillaries provide a way for the blood to reach the alveoli. Hope this helps
What does the hemoglobin in red blood cells release as blood travels through the capillaries?
As red blood cells travel through capillaries oxygen is released (disassociated) with hemoglobin. The oxygen then diffuses down it's concentration gradient into the tissues.
Is there carbon in our muscles?
It diffuses into capillaries in the muscle where red blood cells and the blood carry it to the lungs were it is released and oxygen takes its place in the blood.
Why would you expect gills to have an exceptionally large number of capillaries?
Capillaries, which are the smallest of the blood vessels, are the site of gas exchange...carbon dioxide diffuses out of surrounding cells into the gills to be lost into the environment, and oxygen diffuses from the environment into the gill cells and then surrounding tissues. The gills function like the lungs of a fish, so large numbers of capillaries in these structures function to supply oxygen/get rid of waste carbon dioxide for the organism.
What blood vessel changes blood from oxygenated to deoxygenated?
The capillaries carry oxygenated blood from the arterioles through body tissues, where the oxygen diffuses into cells that need it. The capillaries then receive carbon dioxide from the cells, and enter the venules that lead to veins.
Why do capillaries have spaces between endothelial cells?
So that white and red blood cells can pass through the capillaries
Where do red blood cells drop off oxygen?
Red blood cells release their oxygen in the capillaries. The oxygen diffuses across the capillary wall to reach the body tissues.
What fluid leaks out of capillaries?
go to the body cells, after that it returns to the capillaries, but the fluid that doesn't diffuses into the lymph vessels (when it goes into the lymphatic vessels it's called lymph) and goes back to the heart.
