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Diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place primarily in the capillaries, which are the smallest blood vessels in the body. Capillaries have thin walls that allow for the exchange of these gases between the bloodstream and the surrounding tissues.

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A drop of blood is releasing oxygen and picking up carbon dioxide what type of blood vessel does this occur in?

capillaries


Which type of blood vessel allows for oxygen and carbon dioxide to exchange?

Capillaries are the thin-walled vessels that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange. Their thin walls make it easy for gases to diffuse across the membranes.


Where does the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen take place?

The exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen takes place in the lungs, specifically in the alveoli where oxygen is taken in by the blood and carbon dioxide is released from the blood to be exhaled out of the body through the respiratory system.


What gases are exchanged when blood flows into lungs?

When oxygen enters our heart and into our lungs,it passes through tubes called alveoli .It then carries oxgen into the blood vessel,artery and carbon dioxide would then be carried out through our body.


What happens when oxygen 2 and carbon is mixed?

Carbon dioxide is a very stable element and only breaks when in solution or when it has enough energy added to break formation. If oxygen and carbon dioxide mix at normal pressure (~1atm) nothing happens, the carbon dioxide will sit underneath the oxygen because it is much heavier then oxygen. If oxygen and carbon dioxide are in a very high pressure vessel they will form a solid at low temperatures, just like any other gas.


Which blood vessel carries carbon dioxide rich bloot to the heart?

Blood comes into the heart from the systemic circuit. It is low in oxygen. It comes by way of the inferior and superior vena.


Does blood vessel carry oxygen and carbon dioxide to your body?

Yes. Arteries always carry blood away from the heart. Veins always carry blood back to the heart


Which vessel contains blood with the lowest carbon dioxide content?

Lowest carbon dioxide content would be the vessel right after the lungs, pulmonary vein to the left atrium.


How are oxygen and carbon dioxide transported on the same hemoglobin molecule?

Oxygen binds with the iron atoms of hemoglobin molecules while carbon dioxide bonds with the amino groups of these molecules. Because oxygen and carbon dioxide do not directly compete for binding sites, hemoglobin molecules can transport both at the same time.


What part ofyour body takes carbon dioxide and send it out of your body?

This has to do with your circulatory system (blood) and your respiratory system (lungs). Every cell in your body performs cellular respiration; it's how they get energy from food, but the process creates carbon dioxide (out of glucose and oxygen). This carbon dioxide is sent out of the cell into the nearest blood vessel, whether a capillary or larger vein. It is then pumped into the heart, and into the lungs. In the lungs, the carbon dioxide is expelled with every exhalation, while oxygen replaces it with every inhalation. The blood goes back to your heart and is then pumped throughout the body and back to the original cell, and the cycle begins anew.


What type of fire extinguisher should be a vessel with a permanately installed fuel tank?

Carbon Dioxide or foam.


What are the main kinds of blood vessel and what function do they perform?

The main kind of blood vessels are Veins,Arteries, and Capillaries. Arteries carry oxygenated blood to other organs. Veins carry blood with carbon dioxide back to the heart. Capillaries connect Veins and Arteries and let oxygen out to the organs and carbon dioxide in to the veins.