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Oxygen can no longer enter the bloodstream, which in turn will cause the brain to begin shutting down. If the brain is only deprived for a short time (3-5 minutes,) minor brain damage may occur, but any longer than that can have severe to deadly consequences. The brain cells will die off and cannot be restored.
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What would happen to our body's absorption rate of the intestines if villi had no microvilli?
it goes down
Can your lungs go white from chlorine water?
When you consider that a teaspoon of water in your lungs is enough to drown you. The amount of chlorine water you get down there would definitely not be enough to bleach your lungs anymore then any other part of your body.
What would happen if lactic acid fermentation did not occur in muscles?
We would die because are body would not be making ATP and are body's could not hold down yeast
Where does blood go after it leaves the heart?
It goes to the Atrium the the Ventrilcle and then the Lungs. Second time it goes to the Atrium, Ventricle and it leaves the Aorta to the whole body. Here is a helpful song: In Down and Out In Down and Out In through the A Down to the V and out to the Lungs In through the A Down to the V Ou to the whole body
What would happen if you didn't have any food for a long time?
Your body relies on food for fuel, and if it receives no fuel, it will shut down. Without food to break down into glucose and feed your body's cells, they would slowly begin to starve. Your body would then begin to break down fat in your body to nourish the cells. When the fat supply is used, it would then begin to break down the muscle tissue in the body. When all reserves are used, the body would completely shut down and the person would die of starvation.
What would happen to the body when the respiratory system fails?
The brain would begin to shut down from lack of oxygen, you would suffer irreparable brain damage in the early stages of this, then your entire body would begin to shut down without a stable brain to control it. Your heart would slow down untill it com
What would happen if food molecules Wern't broken down into smaller pieces?
Then the food wouldn't process through your body.
Where in your body is your epiglottis?
It's the part of your body that flops down over the windpipe when you swallow to keep food from going into your lungs.
How does hypothermia affect the lungs?
your body starts to shut down, and you'll need more oxygen to survive. Your lungs will take short rapid breathes until you shut down completely and die
What would happen to the muscular system if the digestive system broke down?
If the digestive system broke down, the muscular system would no longer receive nutrients. It would start to break down as well. The body would weaken, and tasks would become more difficult.
Why does oxygen go from the lungs to the blood vessels and not from the blood vessels to the lungs?
The energy broken down from the oxygen is transported into throughout the body by blood vessels. That energy is dropped of at what ever part of the body needs it, and the blood vessel goes back to the lungs for more.
