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How are alveoli atapted to maximise diffusion?
i dont know??????????
How does the structure of the alveoli help do it jobs?
one feature is that an alveoli has a wide surface area. If you know any other features then add them!
Which human system contains air sacs know as alveoli?
The respiratory system
What is made from the alveoli from the circulatory system?
to be honest i don't know and i could care less :)
What are the air sacs in your lungs?
Alveoli alveoli - air sacs in your lungs
What are the tiny air sacs called in the bronchi branches?
Alveoli
Alveoli have neither smooth muscle or mucous secreting cells?
That is correct. Alveoli only contain only two types of cells: Type I cells that are like thin sheets and make up the actually wall of the alveoli, and Type II cells that secrete a substance called surfactant that helps to hold the alveoli open. There can also be some macrophages present in the alveoli to destroy invading bacteria.
What are the small sacs in the lungs where carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen?
The humorus
Where in the lungs does gas exchange take place?
In the alveoli (also called air sac) is the capillary-rich sac in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place by diffusion. The oxygen poor blood goes from the right ventricle and into the lungs where the co2 is traded for Oxygen in the alveoli and back through the heart and out to the body.
What are the alveoli and what happens in them?
the alveoli is happen the blood
What do the alveoli in the body do?
alveoli take co2 from
What gases are begin exchanged in the alveoli?
Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in the alveoli. Oxygen is taken up from inhaled air into the bloodstream, while carbon dioxide is released from the bloodstream into the alveoli to be exhaled.
