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The process is usually referred to as diffusion. This happens when concentrations in different areas interchange to give a more even mixture. Going through a membrane ( in this case the lung's alveoli wall ) would more properly require the process to be called osmosis, but that term is not usually used medically.

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What moves into the capillaries from alveoli?

probably oxygen


What process is used to move oxygen into the capillaries of the lungs?

The process used to move oxygen into the capillaries of the lungs is called diffusion. Oxygen in the alveoli of the lungs moves across the thin walls of the alveoli and the capillaries by diffusion, from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration, facilitated by the pressure difference between the alveoli and the blood in the capillaries.


What moves into the capillaries into the alveoli?

probably oxygen


How does oxygen in aveoli get into the blood?

Oxygen diffuses from the alveoli in the lungs into the surrounding capillaries. The concentration of oxygen in the alveoli is higher than in the blood, so oxygen moves across the thin wall of the alveoli and into the bloodstream through a process called diffusion.


How do alveolar and capillaries work together to provide the muscles with oxygen?

as it moves through blood vessels capillaries in the alveoli walls, your blood takes oxygen from the alveoli and gives off carbon dioxide to the alveoli


Oxygen and carbon dioxide pass back and forth between the alveoli and the blood through?

The process of simple diffusion. Oxygen moves from the alveoli into the blood where it binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells, while carbon dioxide moves from the blood into the alveoli to be exhaled out of the body.


What process causes oxygen to move from the lungs into the blood?

Oxygen moves from the lungs to the blood through a process called diffusion. This occurs at the alveoli in the lungs, where oxygen in the air sacs diffuses across the alveolar membrane into the capillaries surrounding the alveoli. From there, the oxygen binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells for transport to the body's tissues.


Where does the exchange of oxygen carbon dioxide in the blood happen?

The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood occurs in the capillaries surrounding the alveoli in the lungs. Oxygen diffuses from the alveoli into the blood, while carbon dioxide moves from the blood into the alveoli to be exhaled.


When the oxygen goes into the bloodstream it goes into arteries veins or capillaries?

Oxygen moves into the lungs to the alveoli in the lungs into capillaries into pulmonary veins to the heart then to arteries that go through the rest of the body.


How can the oxygen you bring in to your body get into your circulatory system?

your lungs have structures called alveoli. The alveoli are surrounded by capillary beds which carry blood. The oxygen enters the alveoli when you inhale. The oxygen then diffuses from high concentration in your alveoli to low concentration the blood in the capillaries surrounding the alveoli.


Why does oxygen and carbon dioxide move from the alveoli into the blood stream?

Oxygen moves from the alveoli into the bloodstream through diffusion, where it crosses the thin walls of the alveoli and capillaries. Similarly, carbon dioxide moves from the bloodstream into the alveoli for removal when blood with high levels of carbon dioxide comes into contact with alveolar air with lower levels of carbon dioxide.


Where does oxygen move from the respiratory system to circulatory system?

By diffusion across q capillary wall