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Why is it better to have many small alveoli instead of one giant sac?
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∙ 15y ago
Many small generates more surface area than one big of the same volume.
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∙ 16y agocuz its goofy!
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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 Small air pockets surrounded by capillary networks?
Alveoli
What are small sac-like structures that is the site of gas exchange in the lungs?
"alveoli"
The exchange of gases occurs in the?
In the lungs are small air sacs called alveoli. These alveoli are covered with blood capillaries. Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide diffuse through the alveolar capillary membrane. Oxygen diffuses from the alveoli to the blood capillary and carbon dioxide diffuses from the capillary to the alveoli and you breath it out of your body.
What force causes oxygen to enter the alveoli?
Negative pressure causes oxygen to enter the alveoli. Air is pulled into the lungs as the lungs expand. The alveoli are membranes of small balloon-like structures attached to the branches of the bronchial passages.
Is Saturn giant or small?
It is giant. If it was small, it would be a dwarf planet instead of a planet.
What are small air sacs of lung tissue called?
Alveoli (pulmonis) or just alveoli.
What are the small sacs in the lungs where carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen?
The humorus
What are the small air tubes that lead to the alveoli called?
The tubes that connect the bronchi with the alveoli are the bronchioles.
The small air sacs in the lungs through which gases are exchanged are the?
Alveoli
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 are small sacs in your lungs caled?
Alveoli
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 very small blood vessels that cover the alveoli?
The tiny blood vessels that surround the alveoli arecalled alveolar capillaries
What is air sacs within the lungs?
Alveolar means pertaining the the alveolus (plural alveoli), the small air sacs in the lungs.
Small sacs for gas exchange in lings?
these small sacs are known as alveoli
What Small pockets that make up the lungs?
alveoli
