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A disease involving the breakdown of the air sacs in the lungs is?

emphysema


High level chlorine exposures might cause breakdown of the barrier between the alveoli and pulmonary capillaries?

Air sacs; blood vessels that surround the air sacs


Which disease affects the air sacs of the lungs and is common among cigeratte smokers?

emphysema


What are air sacs?

The bronchi continue to divide into smaller and smaller branches until they end in air sacs. The air sacs in the lungs are called alveoli.


What is the medical term meaning disease in which tiny air sacs in the lungs are destroyed making breathing difficult?

emphysema


What fishes have air sacs and can gulp air?

Labryinth fish have air sacs and can gulp air.


What color is your air sacs?

The color of your air sacs are a peach color.


How many air sacs do birds have?

Birds typically have nine air sacs: two cervical air sacs, two anterior thoracic air sacs, two posterior thoracic air sacs, two abdominal air sacs, and one interclavicular air sac. These air sacs help birds efficiently exchange gases during respiration and aid in maintaining their lightweight body structure for flight.


Which substances are exehanged between the blood in the capillaries and the air in the air sacs?

Oxygen moves into the capillaries from the air sacs. Carbon dioxide moves out the the capillaries into the air sacs.


What takes air into the air sacs?

air sacs are in the lungs and when you breathe in blood carries it to the lungs.


Do sharks Have air Sacs?

No, sharks don't have air sacs. Instead they have gills.


Why do lungs have lots of air sacs?

Because the air sacs carry oxygen to the blood!