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The developing fetus does not produce lung surfactant until late its development.Explain what problem a premature infant would have if it were born before it had produced surfactant?
The lung surfactant is a substance that coats the internal surfaces of the alveoli (air sacks) of the lungs and prevents them from sticking together in the deflated state when the baby exhales. If the infant is born before it produces lung surfactant, then the alveoli will be unable to be filled with air and the baby will suffocate.
Name of surfactant that breaks surface tension in the lungs?
Am pretty sure its called the pulmonary surfactant that's produced from the lungs
Lung surfactant is produced by?
type II alveolar cells
Where is fetus produced?
penis
What is the fluid that lines the alveoli is produced by?
what is the name of the liquid layer that lines the alveoli
Is saponin an acidic or basic dye?
saponin is not a dye rather it is a surfactant produced by plant.
The carbon dioxide produced by a developing fetus is removed by?
the placenta
What would in surfactant absence?
In the event of surfactant absence in the lungs they would collapse and pulminary functioning would be reduced dramatically. Surfactants are critical in maintaining proper lung function by reducing surface tension and making it easier to breathe.
What do surfactant do?
A surface-active agent 'surfactant' usually cleans something. ie -soap is a surfactant.
True or false the fluid coating the alveoli that reduces surface tension is called surfactant?
True; produced by Type II pneumocytes
Surfactant that cover the respiratory membranes?
Surfactant is pleural fluid.
Where does the formation of blood cells take place?
In the young fetus, they are produced in the liver. By late pregnancy, they are produced in the bone marrow.
