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Why is an air bubble in the bloodstream dangerous?
The air bubble could get lodged in the heart, preventing blood from flowing to the lungs.
Why do pe teachers instruct those exercising to breathe deeply?
to get the air flowing through your lungs
Explain why the blood flowing to your lung is different from those are flowing out?
Answer:Blood flowing to your lungs is full of carbon dioxide, which gets exchanged in your lungs and the blood flowing out of your lungs is clean/purified with oxygen in it.
Why do fish gills not function in air?
Lungs are what air breathing creatures use. That is how they evolved. Gills need to have water flowing over them so they work in water. So Lungs won't work in water and Gills won't work in air.
What happens when the pumping action of the heart stop?
Then blood will stop flowing around the body and can't carry oxygen to get diffused into the lungs so you die of lack of oxygen.
What does the alveole do?
Looks like a bubble in the lungs; its function is to exchange gasses between the air inhaled and the blood flowing through the lungs. (Mostly oxygen into blood and CO2 out of the blood.)
What function of mucus in the lungs?
the function of the mucus blanket in the lungs is to filter and moisten the air.
Why are there four valves in the heart?
2 of these valves (one on each side) stop blood from flowing back into the atria chambers of the heart when the heart is contracting and expelling blood. The other two are there to stop blood flowing out of the ventricles when the heart is filling up with blood. One stops blood flowing through the aorta to supply the body and the other stops it flowing through the pulmonary artery to the lungs.
How bad are your lungs after smoking for 5 years?
your lungs are tired and black but there is still hope if you stop smoking now and breath clean air
What is the flow of blood between the heart and lungs called?
The flow of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart is called the pulmonary circulation.The blood flowing from the heart to the lungs would be deoxygenated and blood flowing towards the heart from the lungs would be oxygenated.
Why do you need the brain to live?
The brain controls your body. Without it the heart would stop, your lungs would stop taking in air, etc.
In which animal does air flow through the lungs in one direction only?
Birds. (in biology book-the living world 5th edition/g. Johnson and j. losos/page578 Additional information: in birds, incoming air flows through the lungs and on into air sacs. When the air is expelled, it flows from the air sacs back through the lungs on its way out of the body. So the flow of air is still tidal, as in humans, but the air does not "stop and turn around" in the lungs.
