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What is the destruction of alveoli due to age or by respiratory irritants called?
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Air travels through the respiratory system to tiny sacs called?
alveoli
What terminates in a grape like cluster of respiratory structures?
The bronchioles terminate in a grape-like cluster of respiratory structures called the alveoli.
What are the organs of the lower respiratory system?
these are as follows: brochus,branches of bronchus called bronchii, alveoli
What does much part function in respiratory system?
Your question is unclear. Are you asking what does the most in the respiratory system , then tiny little sacs called the alveoli do.
What is the function of a pulmonary arteriole?
a pulmonary artieriole is part of the respiratory system. inside the respiratory system is an organ called alveoli and the alveoli are covered in a network of capillary. the job of the pulmonary arteriole is to carry deoxygenated blood into the capillary network.
Why are the alveoli sometimes called respiratory membrane?
The alveoli are sometimes refer to as the respiratory membrane. This due to the transfer of gases that occurs between the epithelium (the membrane) and the capillaries (the blood). When Oxygen and carbon dioxide transfer across this membrane through diffusion Oxygen goes into the blood and Carbon dioxide is diffused out into the Alveoli.
How does material from the respiratory system to the circulatory system?
Material moves from the respiratory system to the circulatory system by diffusing across a membrane in the air sacks called alveoli.
How does the material move from the respiratory system to the circular system?
Material moves from the respiratory system to the circulatory system by diffusing across a membrane in the air sacks called alveoli.
In the respiratory system oxygen enters the blood and carbon dioxide leaves the blood in clusters of sacs called what?
Alveoli.
What are the air sacs in clusters in the lungs?
They are called Alveoli. They act as the primary gas exchange. Their wall is thin, and is surrounded by capillaries. This allows exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the respiratory and circulatory systems.
How does materials move from the respiratory system to the circulatory system?
Material moves from the respiratory system to the circulatory system by diffusing across a membrane in the air sacks called alveoli.
What are air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of gases take place?
Technically yes. However, there are a few more strucutres that thanks to their histological properties can participate in the gas exchange process: respiratory bronchioles, and alveolar ducts.
