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Blood is comprised of 2 basic parts - First, plasma which contains white blood cells (otherwise known as natural killer cells, T-cells, B-cells, etc that comprise our immune system), platelets and other clotting factors, and water including electrolytes, enzymes and metabolic by-products, etc. Second, Red blood cells that contain hemoglobin which is a protein that binds iron (hence the blue color in your veins and red or rust colored when oxygenated) and transports the oxygen derived from inspiration (inhaling) and the carbon dioxide from expiration (exhaling). The heart pumps the blood from the right ventricle to the body via the artery system (artery meaning away from an organ), including the brain that is rich in oxygen from the lungs. The organs then remove the oxygen and other items are exchanged as described briefly above and the by-products are placed into the blood and removed from other organs (ie kidney, liver) during its travel through the body. It then returns to the left atria of the heart via venous return and is pumped into the lungs for oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange.
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What is the exchange of gases between the alveolar air and pulmonary capilaary blood?
From inside the capillary (where the red blood cells are), Oxygen will be given up to the body cell and this will be replaced in the red blood cell by Carbon dioxide from the body cell.
Why does the circulation system need the respiratory system?
The circulatory system moves oxygenated blood to the body's tissues and the returns the oxygen depleted blood to back to the lungs to become oxygenated once again. The respiratory system replenishes the air in the lung with air from the environment. If the air in the lung doesn't have oxygen at a high enough partial pressure then the body tissues will die from lack of oxygen. It isn't a question of what systems 'needs' the other. Both are needed. A respiratory system as opposed to simple osmosis as occurs in single celled organisms is absolutely required. Larger organisms need both a way to bring oxygen into the body (a respiratory system) and a way of transporting oxygen within the organism (a circulatory system).
Oxygen travels to every cell in the body through what system?
respiratory system. Oxygen diffuses across the alveoli into the pulmonary capillaries, then binds to haemoglobin to become oxyhaemoglobin, whichi is carried by red blood cells (erythrocytes) around the circulation until it reaches an area of low oxygen content where it simply diffuses from the circulation to the area of low oxygen. Hope this helps.
Why can protozoans get by without a respiratory system?
They are in direct contact in their environment so they can diffuse nutrients right through their cell membrane very easily causing them not to need a respiratory system.
What are granulcytes?
Type of white blood cell, part of the immune system.
What blood cell plays a roll in the immune system?
The white blood cell
Hemoglobin carries oxygen to body cell which body system contains hemoglobin?
Respiratory system
How do the cardiovascular and respiratory system interact?
Answerwhen oxygen is added to blood in lungs that blood is sent to our heart for pumping. and our heart also send deoxygenated blood to lung for oxygentaion. this is where the cardivascular and respiratory system interactsWhen you inhale air, it travels through your respiratory system. The vessels of the cardiovascular system interact with the lungs of the respiratory system. The blood in the vessels picks up oxygen in the lungs and carries the oxygen to every cell in the body.
Why is red blood cell important to your respiratory system?
Red blood cells are responsible for transporting oxygen around the body.
What is the MAJOR function of the resiratory system?
the major function of the respiratory system is to get oxygen to the blood so it can carry it to every cell in the body.
What support does the respiratory System provide for the cell?
the respiratory system provides oxygen for them
What blood cell helps in respiratory system?
The red blood cells carry the oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the cells of the body via the lungs.
Why is the respiratory system important for aerobic exercise?
It transfers oxygen into the bloodstream with the takes it to our muscles with use it through cell respiration creating energy
What delivers oxygen to your blood?
The combined circulatory and respiratory systems are responsible for the supply of oxygen to body cells. The respiratory system transfers oxygen into, and carbon dioxide out of the blood in the alveoli and the circulatory system then sends out arteries and veins to every cell and provides it with sufficient oxygen.
What are the similarities between cell membrane and resipratory system?
There are no similarities between cell membranes and the respiratory system. Cell membranes have a protective and exchanging function while respiratory system produces energy.
How do the digestive circulatory and respiratory systems serve a body cell in the big toe?
The respiratory system gets the oxygen it needs and the circulatory system bring the oxygen along with many other products in the blood to the toe. The digestive system helps obtain nutrients for the toe which the blood brings as part of the circulatory system.
How can the respiratory system put oxygen into the blood and carbon dioxide out of the blood?
Oxygen and carbon dioxide are both gases, which makes them easier to pass through the cell. In addition, the site of trading the respiratory gases occur at alveoli, which has capillaries attached to it. The membranes in these regions are each one cell thick, which enables the respiratory gases to pass through easier. When the blood reaches the lungs, simple diffusions then take the carbon dioxide out of the cell and oxygenates the blood.
