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What membrane is the extremely thin barrier between the alveoli and the capillaries?
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respiratory membrane
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How does gas exchange take place across the respiratory membrane?
The primary function of the respiratory system is to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. Inhaled oxygen enters the lungs and reaches the alveoli. The layers of cells lining the alveoli and the surrounding capillaries are each only one cell thick and are in very close contact with each other. This barrier between air and blood averages about 1 micron (1/10,000 of a centimeter) in thickness. Oxygen passes quickly through this air-blood barrier into the blood in the capillaries. Similarly, carbon dioxide passes from the blood into the alveoli and is then exhaled.
What layers must oxygen and carbon dioxide pass through as they exchange between blood in capillaries and the air in the alveoli of the lungs?
Oxygen and carbon dioxide pass across the Alveolar-capillary barrier. This is the barrier that separates the air sac in the lung (the alveoli) from the miniscule blood vessel (the capillary). The barrier is extremely thin - a hundred times thinner than a regular piece of paper. Follow the Related Links below to view a Wikipedia article on this subject.
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The primary function of the respiratory system is to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. Inhaled oxygen enters the lungs and reaches the alveoli. The layers of cells lining the alveoli and the surrounding capillaries are each only one cell thick and are in very close contact with each other. This barrier between air and blood averages about 1 micron (1/10,000 of a centimeter) in thickness. Oxygen passes quickly through this air-blood barrier into the blood in the capillaries. Similarly, carbon dioxide passes from the blood into the alveoli and is then exhaled.
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es air pass through on its way to the alveoli
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The primary function of the respiratory system is to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. Inhaled oxygenenters the lungs and reaches the alveoli. Oxygen passes quickly through this air-blood barrier into the blood in the capillaries. Similarly, carbon dioxide passes from the blood into the alveoli and is then exhaled.
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The blood-brain barrier trust me
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