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Does the exchange of carbon dioxide depend on the concentration of oxygen in the alveoli and the blood?
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∙ 11y ago
No. It depends on the concentration of carbon dioxide in the alveoli and the blood. The concentration of carbon dioxide in the capillaries of the alveoli is higher than the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air, so carbon dioxide in the capillaries of the alveoli diffuses out of the capillaries into the alveoli of the lungs and is exhaled.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoOxygen diffuses into the blood in the alveoli, and carbon dioxide diffuses out of the blood here too. Efficient diffusion is caused by having a thin diffusion distance, high concentration difference and large surface area (of the alveoli), this all means a fast rate of diffusion.
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∙ 12y agoGas exchange; carbon dioxide and oxygen, occurs in the alveoli
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The highest carbon dioxide concentration will be found where in the body?
alveoli
In the lungs is carbon dioxide more concentrated in the alveoli or in the blood?
In the lungs, carbon dioxide is concentrated more in the blood. The alveoli keeps the carbon dioxide at a lower level than in the blood.
External respiration refers to the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between?
Alveoli and bloodstream
Where in the lung does exchange of O2 and CO2 take place?
It takes place between the alveoli and the blood capillaries
Oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange between the circulatory system and tissues occurs at the?
In the lungs - specifically, the alveoli.
What is the Diffusion of gases between alveoli and blood?
The Diffusion is the exchange of oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) between the alveoli and the blood. So blood that is pumping through the capillaries in the lungs has a low concentration of O2 and a high concentration of CO2, in the alveoli it is high concentration O2 low concentration CO2. Therefore the 2 gases exchange across the alveoli membrane by diffusion trying to establish a concentration gradient.
How does the body exchange carbon dioxide in the blood?
alveoli
The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs where in the lungs?
The alveoli is the structure of the lungs where the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen occur. The alveoli are like tiny sacs of air.
The highest carbon dioxide concentration will be found where in the body?
alveoli
How do lungs remove its carbon dioxide?
In lungs alveoli is present where exchange of gases takes place, when blood with carbon dioxide is reached lungs then these alveoli purify by removing carbon dioxide
What are the structures that allow for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and blood?
The tiny air sacs of the lungs were oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged are the alveoli.
What gases can you infer are being exchange in the alveoli?
Oxygen and carbon dioxide
Where does gas exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen happen?
In the alveoli which is in the lungs
In the lungs is carbon dioxide more concentrated in the alveoli or in the blood?
In the lungs, carbon dioxide is concentrated more in the blood. The alveoli keeps the carbon dioxide at a lower level than in the blood.
By what process does the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place?
capillaries and the alveoli
What tiny structures exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide in the human lungs?
Alveoli.
Waste product given off in the gas exchange between air and blood in the alveoli?
Carbon Dioxide. (CO2 )
