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What are some gases that are drawn into the lungs in addition to oxygen?
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Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen and practicly all the kinds of gases found in the atmosphere, but only oxygen is used, the rest go out the way they came in.
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Where does blood get rid of carbon dioxide?
No. The red blood cells get oxygen at the lungs, not drop off carbon dioxide.
What gasses are exchanged in the respiratory system?
Even though the air travels from bronchi to bronchiole to alveoli to have the gase exchanged, the REAL gas exchange happens in the capillary that is on the alveoli. This is where the blood that is carrying CO2 exchanges it with O2 to supply the rest of the body. Without the circulatory system... Well first of all you're going to die without the circulatory system, but for this topic, if you don't have the circulatory system, then the oxygen cannot be exchanged with CO2 and you're body will die from lack of oxygen.
What Carries oxygen-rich blood around your body?
The simplest answer is "arteries," which generally carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the body, but the pulmonary veins also carry oxygen-rich blood. The lungs have oxygen that gives oxygen to the cells. Our body is a closed system so the blood never leaves the body system unless we are cut. After the blood has used up all of the oxygen it has the blood is recirculated through the heart and lungs once more! Thus this process goes on and on! An ARTERY carries oxygen rich or oxygenated blood from the heart to the body cells to give oxygen to them. I remember this by: Artery Away Arteries carry oxygen rich blood from the lungs to other parts of the body. Veins return oxygen poor blood to the heart where it gets recirculated through the lungs and then throughout the body again. The arteries.
What veins carry blood rich in oxygen go from were to were?
arteries from there lungs to they're tissues
What would your life be like without your lungs?
If you didn't have your respiratory system it would not be possible for you to be alive. The body requires oxygen to survive, which makes the respiratory necessary because it is through our respiratory system that we receive oxygen.
What is the air that is drawn into the lungs?
Oxygen
How lungs get oxygen?
From the air drawn into the lungs by movement of the diaphragm
What happens to each of these gases in the lungs?
Two main gases exchange in the lungs: oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What gases are exchanged in the lungs during breathing?
Oxygen and carbon dioxide are the gases exchanged in the lungs during breathing.
What gases are exchanged in lungs during breathing?
Oxygen and carbon dioxide are the gases exchanged in the lungs during breathing.
Which gases are found in your lungs?
u can find "Oxygen and Carbon dioxide" in your lungs
Which gases do we exchange at the lungs?
oxygen and carbon dioxide
What gases are exchange in the lungs?
carbon monoxide and oxygen
What does human lungs do?
Basically, the lungs exchange inwards of oxygen for outwards of waste gases.
How do polar bears get their oxygen?
When polar bears breathe, their lungs fill with a mixture of gases including oxygen. The polar bear's body separates out most of the gases which are not oxygen and expels them. The oxygen is then transported into the bloodstream by small vessels in the lungs.
How your lungs refine oxygen from other gases?
Your lungs refine oxygen from the other gases in air because the gases diffuse through the cell walls in the alveoli in your lungs through osmosis (higher concentration of gases in the air than in the blood, so gases move from the higher concentration to the lower concentration) where they contact the red blood cells. The hemoglobin in the red blood cells binds to the oxygen and leaves all the other gases alone. It moves on from the lungs and delivers the oxygen to the rest of the body. It's the hemoglobin that does the work.
Which two gases are exchanged in the lungs?
oxygen and carbon dioxide
