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It is absorbed through blood vessels in the lungs from the air you breathe in as it passes through a selectively permeable membrane.
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Please understand air itself does not get into your blood indeed bubbles of air in your blood would kill you. Air is made up of about 80% Nitrogen and 20% Oxygen and it is the Oxygen that is needed in you blood. This Oxygen is breathed (with air) into the lungs down all the tubes into little air sacks called alveoli. The skin of the alveoli is thin and well supplied with small blood vesicles called capillaries. The Oxygen passes across this skin and is captured in the structure of a molecule called hemoglobin in your red blood cells. It travels in the blood as Oxyhemoglobin to the rest of the body where it is used in life processes. At the same time the hemoglobin transports used oxygen (in the form of Carbon dioxide (CO2)) back to the lungs where it is released into the alveoli. When carrying CO2 the hemoglobin is called Carboxyheamoglobin and it is a deep red/blue color while Oxyheamoglobin is a cherry red color.
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How the air is exchanged from the lungs to the blood?
air exchange takes place at the juction of blood cappileries and alveoli where the pressure of air is high in alveoli and low in blood so air from alveoli rush into blood and CO2 from blood rush in to alveoli which is then breath out
Does blood vessels carry air?
Blood vessels do not carry air. Blood vessels carry blood, and this blood can carry dissolved gas molecules.
How does oxygen that is in the air get into your blood?
lungs pumps air to the heart and heart pumps air around body through blood
Where in the body are Tiny air sacks where the exchange of gases between air and blood takes place?
Tiny air sacs where the exchange of gases between air and blood takes place are located in the lungs. These air sacs are called alveoli and are surrounded by capillaries where oxygen from the air enters the blood and carbon dioxide exits the blood into the air.
Where does gas exchange between the air and the blood occur?
Gas exchange between the air and the blood occurs in the alveoli of the lungs. The alveoli are tiny air sacs where oxygen from the air diffuses into the blood and carbon dioxide from the blood diffuses into the air to be exhaled.
Will O2 diffuse from air to blood or from blood to the alveolar air?
It will be absorbed from the air into your lungs. Then when it reachs the alveolus it will diffuse from the alveolus into the blood capillaries down an oxygen concentration through diffusion where it will combine with the heamoglobin in the Red Blood Cells.
What brings air into contact with blood?
In the human body, air is brought into contact with blood in the lungs. This happens through the process of respiration, where oxygen from the air diffuses into the blood in the capillaries surrounding the alveoli in the lungs, and carbon dioxide from the blood diffuses into the air to be exhaled.
What gases are exchanges in air sacs?
The air sacs (alveoli) have a very large total surface area and a very good blood supply. There is an exchange of gases between the air sacs and their surrounding capillary blood vessels. Oxygen diffuses from the air sac into the blood. Carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood into the air sac.
Air sac where oxygen enters and corbon dioxide leaves the blood?
This is the alveoli, which are tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs. Oxygen diffuses from the air into the blood, while carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood into the air in the alveoli.
What happens when the air and the blood mixes?
When air enters the bloodstream, it can lead to a condition called an air embolism, which can be life-threatening. Air bubbles in the blood vessels can block blood flow, leading to tissue damage and potentially causing a stroke, heart attack, or other serious complications. Immediate medical attention is necessary to address an air embolism.
What has more oxygen air sacs or blood?
Blood contains more oxygen than air sacs. Oxygen from inhaled air diffuses across the walls of the air sacs into the bloodstream, where it binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells for transport to tissues throughout the body.
How do you get a air bubble in your blood?
Air bubbles in the blood can enter through injections, surgical procedures, or trauma that disrupts the integrity of blood vessels. These bubbles can block blood flow and lead to serious health complications like embolisms. Medical attention is required to address air bubbles in the blood.
