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Can osmosis occurs only in liquids?
No, osmosis can also occur across a semipermeable membrane between a liquid and a gas. For example, water vapor can move through a semipermeable membrane to equalize the concentration on either side.
Is breathing considered osmosis?
No. Breathing is not osmosis. It is more of diffusion. When you breathe in the air, the diaphragm flattens and there is a low-pressure created in the lungs. Air from high pressure surrounding enters lungs to balance this pressure difference, which is Diffusion only.
Where oxygen and CO exchange places?
Oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange places through the process of gas exchange in the lungs during respiration. Oxygen from inhaled air diffuses into the bloodstream in exchange for carbon dioxide, which is then exhaled out of the body. This exchange occurs in the alveoli, small air sacs in the lungs where the transfer of gases takes place.
What direction does osmosis go on the concentration gradient?
Osmosis occurs from an area of higher water concentration to an area of lower water concentration, moving down the concentration gradient.
What are tiny sacs where the exchange or oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place?
Alveoli are tiny sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs during the process of respiration. They are surrounded by a network of blood vessels, allowing for efficient gas exchange to support bodily functions.
What is the elastic unit of the respiratory system where gas exchange occurs?
Alveoli is where gas exchange occurs.
What occurs the process of gas exchange?
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Where in the respiratory tract does gas exchange occur?
The gas occurs by simple diffusion through the cells.
What occurs during the process gas exchange?
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Gas exchange occurs in the .?
Alveoli
What is the process by which gas exchange occurs?
Respiration
Where does gas exchange occur?
gas exchange occurs between the thin walls of the alveoli and the thin walls of the capillaries
What part of a fish is where gas exchange occurs?
The Gills
Gas exchange in the lungs occurs in what structure?
alveoli
How does the western diamondback rattlesnake exchange gases?
Rattlesnakes have lungs and gas exchange occurs there.
Gas exchange occurs across the thin walls of?
Alveoli
Where does the exchange of gasses occur?
The exchange of gases occurs at the ends of the airways in the lungs. Here tiny sacs called alveoli connect with tiny blood vessels and here exhaust gas [carbon dioxide] is exchanged for fresh gas [oxygen].
