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Why are there many small alveoli in the lungs instead of a few large ones?
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∙ 11y ago
There are many little air sacs instead of big air sacs because in order to breathe you have to have air sacs spread around the whole entire lungs to breathe correctly!
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∙ 12y ago
Dinith Subasinha-21
This way there is a much greater surface area for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
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∙ 11y agoThis way there is a much greater surface area for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
P.S. I think of the alveoli as little grapes because they look a lot like grapes!
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∙ 13y agoSo a numerous amount of them can fit into the lungs comfortably in order to provide lots of oxygen.
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∙ 13y agomore surface area to promote the exchange of oxygen into the blood.
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∙ 9y agoMany small alveoli creates much greater surface area. It allows for better gas exchange.
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What best represents an adaptation to increase the surface to volume ratio?
villi in the small intestine, alveoli in the lungs, folded inner membrane of the chloroplast and mitochondria, having numerous small cells instead of fewer large cells
What are the small chambers of the lungs that are involved in the exchange of gases?
The alveoli are small sacs within the lungs where gas exchange occurs. They are located at the ends of bronchiole branches.
What is air sacs within the lungs?
Alveolar means pertaining the the alveolus (plural alveoli), the small air sacs in the lungs.
What are small sacs in your lungs caled?
Alveoli
The small air sacs in the lungs through which gases are exchanged are the?
Alveoli
Why can lugs obsorb large amount of Oxygen?
They absorb so much oxygen because of the Alveoli. An Alveoli are the endings of small tubes that are located in your lungs and transfer oxygen to your capillaries.
What Small pockets that make up the lungs?
alveoli
What are the small sacs in the lungs where carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen?
The humorus
The branching tubes within the lungs end at small?
The branching tubes within the lungs end at small alveoli.
What small air sacs is in your lungs?
small air sacs in your lungs are alveoli (plural) they are where the air you breath in is stored
Where is alveoli found?
Alveoli are little air sacs found in bunches (like grapes) at the end of terminal bronchioles. Alveoli are where gas exchange (oxygen goes into blood and carbon dioxide out of blood) happens as they have sufficiently thin walls and suitably large total surface areas for gas exchange to occur.
Where does the exchange of gases between blood air occur?
Simply put, the gas exchange occurs in the lungs. More specifically, the blood exchange occurs at the avoli, the "air sacs" in the lungs where the surrounding capillaries can be oxygenated.
