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Gas exchange is a process and what happens is that there is a pick up of oxygen and a release of carbon dioxide in the alveoli
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What process accounts for gas exchange in the lungs?
Diffusion
Gas exchange in the lungs happens by the process of what?
Respiration
Gas exchange in the lungs is done by the process of?
Diffusion
What is the name of the process which causes gas exchange in the lungs?
"diffusion"
Explain the process of gas exchange in the lungs?
Oxygen from the air is sent into the blood and carbon dioxide is removed by gas exchange through alveoli sacs present in the lungs.
Gas exchange between the lungs and the blood is an active transport process?
False
What passive process causes gas exchange in your lungs and your tissue?
Simple diffusion
What is the process of gas exchange?
The process of gas exchange in the lungs is very efficient. The air that you inhale usually contains 21 percent oxygen and 0.04 percent carbon dioxide.
What process allows gas exchange at the lungs?
Gas exchange is the process by which oxygen is transferred from the atmosphere to bodily tissues for use in metabolism; and the gas produced by metabolism, carbon dioxide, is transferred from tissues to the atmosphere.
Describe the process of gas exchange?
It comes from the body when it containly exchanges throught the lungs.
Why is gaseous exchange continues in the lungs during expiration?
Because to carry out the process of diffusion of gas.
What gas exchange takes place in the lungs?
The gas exchange that takes place in the lungs are carbon dioxide and oxygen.
What are the actual sites of gas exchange within the lungs are the?
The actual sites of gas exchange within the lungs are the alvioli.
What happens in the alveoli the process of gas exchange?
Alveoli- these are the small sac-like structures where gas exchange occurs with the blood. Its creates an ideal site for gas exchange between the air in the lungs and the blood in the capillaries.
The process by which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged between lungs and the environment is?
The Process of gas exchange is called Respiration
What is the name for exchange of gas in the lungs?
Gaseous Exchange
Which structure in the lungs is responsible for gaseous exchange?
The Alveoli is responsible for the gas exchange in the lungs
Where does the exchange of gases occur inside the lungs?
The exchange of gas occurs in the alveoli of the lungs.
What a diffusion impairment in the lungs?
failure of gas exchange in the lungs
Where in the lungs does gas exchange?
the gas exchanges in the lungs from the left side because its bigger
Why do your lungs need blood?
The function of the lungs is gas exchange; the exchange is between blood and air.
In which structures does most gas exchange occur?
Gas exchange occurs in the alveoli of the lungs.
The efficiency of gas exchange in the lungs of vertebrates is greater because of what?
The efficiency of gas exchange in the lungs of vertebrates is greater because it increases the lungs' internal surface area.
What are the gas sacs where gas exchange occurs in the lungs?
alveoli
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.
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