ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Describe the lungs:
A
Thick walls filled with tiny air sacs
B
Thin flexible walls filled with cartilage and air sacs
C
Thin, soft, and flexible-they are filled with tiny air sacs
D
Football shaped organs that have thick inflexible walls
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles (tiny branches of air tubes in the lungs). The alveoli are where the lungs and the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the process of breathing in and breathing out.

Detailed explanation-2: -The lungs are soft and spongy because they are mostly air spaces surrounded by the alveolar cells and elastic connective tissue. They are separated from each other by the mediastinum, which contains the heart.

Detailed explanation-3: -Complete answer: Air sacs are the internal compartment filled with air to facilitate internal air. Vertebrates have air sacs present in different body parts & perform various functions. Air sacs provide large surface area for gaseous exchange and increase the respiratory efficiency of the organism.

Detailed explanation-4: -6. The tiny air sacs present in human lungs is called . Sol. (a) Alveoli.

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