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Your blood passes through the capillaries. Air goes to the alveoli. So both are separated by the wall of alveoli and the wall of capillaries. This wall is very thin but then tough enough to prevent such spill. The gases readily get transferred through this thin membrane.

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Is a person's last breath an inhale or exhale?

A person's last breath is typically an exhale. As the body finalizes its process of dying, the last breath is usually an exhale as the lungs release air before the respiratory system shuts down.


How does the concentration of gases change throughout the respiratory system?

Well, first you lungs breath in and breath out air. (Inhale is to breath in Oxygen)(Exhale is to breath out carbon dioxide or wastes) Your lungs have aveioli. These are inside of the lungs. They help collect nutrients from your food. Then all the wastes are exhaled from the lungs. But, where does this all start out from? When you breath in. And out. It happens in a matter of seconds. Your body works so well. Just think about it. Your body can move that fast. Everytime you breath in and breath out. Well, the air or oxygen moves to the lungs, then aveioli collects the nutrients, this is then moved into your blood. Fascinating, huh? Your blood then uses that nutrients to help the rest of your body!


What is the use of the nose in the respiration system?

To inhale and exhale air and send it to the lungs via your trachea to oxygenate your blood.


How does body get rid of carbon dioxide that has accumulated in the lung?

The body gets rid of carbon dioxide that has accumulated in the lungs through a process called exhalation. When you breathe out, carbon dioxide is expelled from the lungs along with the air you exhale. This helps maintain the balance of gases in the blood and allows fresh oxygen to be inhaled.


Why do you form a little cloud when you exhale?

Because the cold air around you cannot hold as much water as warm air in your breath, the moisture in your breath condenses when it hits the cold air and forms into a little cloud.

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What happens to the blood in your lungs?

it evaporates when you breath out (exhale)


Is carbon dioxide dissolved in blood?

no it is not. The carbon dioxide is carried to the lungs and filtered through the aveloi. It is then expelled in the exhale of your breath.


When you breath and it goes into the lungs where does it go next?

From your lungs the air is taken up by your bloodstream which distributes it to the cells in your body. the blood then takes unwanted gasses back to your lungs which you exhale.


How do cows inhale and exhale?

They have lungs and they breath just like you do.


Is a person's last breath an inhale or exhale?

A person's last breath is typically an exhale. As the body finalizes its process of dying, the last breath is usually an exhale as the lungs release air before the respiratory system shuts down.


Do you exhale to remove excess oxygen from the lungs?

No- exhaling removes carbon dioxide from your lungs- along with nitrogen that you had inhaled, and any oxygen that was not transferred to red blood cells.


Where does carbon dioxide leave the body?

The red blood cells in your body contain oxygen and carbon dioxide. So, as the red blood cells travel through your bloodstream, the oxygen travels through to your heart, then your lungs, along with the oxygen.


When you breath out where does the moisture come from?

The moisture in your breath comes from your respiratory system. When you exhale, water vapor that has been added to the air in your lungs during the process of respiration is released into the atmosphere. The moist air exits your body through your mouth or nose.


What brings oxygen to the blood?

When you inhale, your breath is drawn into your lungs, and is exchanged for Carbon Dioxide. The oxygen is 'traded' for Carbon Dioxide from your blood vessels, which leaves the body when you exhale. In other words, inhaling brings Oxygen to your blood.


Is breathing the process in which air moves in and out of lungs?

To breath in it is inhale, to breath out is exhale.


Why is breath hot when we exhale?

When we exhale, our breath feels hot because it is warmer than the surrounding air inside our body. This warmth comes from our body's natural processes, such as metabolism and the exchange of gases in our lungs.


When the lungs inhale oxygen what does it exhale as a waste?

The lungs largely exhale carbon dioxide and water vapor along with the non-oxygen components of the air taken in (such as nitrogen).