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oxigen is the gas that enters the blood through the lungs
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What gas enters the through the lungs?
oxigen is the gas that enters the blood through the lungs
In the lungs oxygen from air enters what?
Oxygen in the lungs and passes through the alveoli, small sacs which allow gas exchange, and enters the blood to be pumped throughout the body.
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.
Where in the human body is o2 and co2 exchanged?
Human gas-exchange occurs in the lungs. Once air enters the lungs, diffusion of O2 and CO2 occurs in the alveoli.
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.
Where does oxygen into the blood and carbon dioxide pass out of the blood?
alveoli
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
If blood takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide in the lungs the blood passes through what?
The blood passes through tiny capillaries that lie in close proximity to the alveoli in the lungs. This is where the gas exchange takes place.
Where does gas exchange take part in blood flow through the heart?
The lungs mate...
How does oxygen get from your lungs and into the blood?
You breathe the oxygen into your lungs. The oxygen then dissolves into the water lining which is called the alveoli. Finally, the oxygen will cling to the red blood cells as they pass through the alveolar capillaries and now the oxygen is in the blood.
Oxygen diffuses into the blood from the?
o2 diffuses into blood from alveoli of lungs through the respiratory membran.
Does oxygen and other gases enters the nose and travel down to the windpipe but only the oxygen enters the lungs?
They all enter the lung ... but the only one that quickly enters the blood is oxygen. Because oxygen is the one gas that has a higher partial pressure in "lung air" than its partial pressure in the "lung blood". Note that the blood's CO2 pressure is higher than the air in the lungs, so CO2 comes out of the blood into the lung's air.
