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Carbon dioxide moves out of the cells from a higher to lower concentration across the cell membrane. Then the CO2 moves through the capillary wall across the diffusion gradient. The diffusion process is repeated at the capillary/alveolar junction.

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Why is diffusion?

Diffusion takes away carbon dioxide and unwanted waste from the cells.


What gas moves into or out of cell diffusion?

Oxygen and carbon dioxide move into and out of cells through diffusion. Oxygen diffuses into cells to be used in cellular respiration, while carbon dioxide diffuses out of cells as a waste product of this process.


Cells continually generate carbon dioxide and must get rid of it The mechanism by which carbon dioxide moves out of the cell is by?

simple diffusion


Does carbon dioxide move into cells?

Yes, carbon dioxide can move into cells through diffusion. In cells, it can be converted into bicarbonate ions through an enzyme called carbonic anhydrase, which helps regulate pH balance within the cell.


What causes oxygen to enter and carbon dioxide to leave the capillaries?

Oxygen and carbon dioxide get into and out of cells via diffusion. The gases diffuse across the thin capillary wall, and then diffuse across the cell membrane.


How does a cell gets rid of waste products like carbon dioxide?

Carbon dioxide is removed from cells by a process known as diffusion.


What gases move into or out of our bodies by diffusion?

Oxygen moves into our bodies by diffusion, while carbon dioxide moves out of our bodies by the same process. Oxygen is taken in by our cells for cellular respiration, while carbon dioxide is the waste product produced by this process and is expelled from the body.


What is the direction of diffusion of gases at the capillaries near systemic cells?

oxygen out of blood, carbon dioxide into blood


What are the examples of diffusion in living organisms?

When breathing oxygen into the lungs, animals are using diffusion to distribute that oxygen to all cells in the organism. Carbon dioxide in turn is diffused from the bodies cells into the lungs to be breathed out. Plants also use diffusion to obtain carbon dioxide and excrete oxygen. Diffusion is used in photosynthesis and also when absorbing water and minerals from the soil and into the roots.


Exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen by cells is part of?

Exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen by cells is part of the respiratory system where oxygen is taken in and carbon dioxide is eliminated. This process occurs through diffusion in the alveoli of the lungs and capillaries surrounding body tissues, allowing cells to receive oxygen for cellular respiration and release carbon dioxide as waste.


Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in lungs and through all cell membranes by?

Gas exchanges occur by simple diffusion through the respiratory membrane -- oxygen passing from the alveolar air into the capillary blood and carbon dioxide leaving the blood to enter the gas-filled aveoli.


How animals get rid of carbon dioxide?

Animals get rid of Carbon Dioxide by breathing. Animals breathe in oxygen and they breathe out carbon dioxide.Diffusion from the cells, and diffusion from the bodies of insects.Animals with a blood circulation & lungs exhale it.