ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

URINARY SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Carbon dioxide and water vapor are released by ____
A
kidneys
B
heart
C
lungs
D
stomach
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Respiration is the life-sustaining process in which gases are exchanged between the body and the outside atmosphere. Specifically, oxygen moves from the outside air into the body; and water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other waste gases move from inside the body into the outside air.

Detailed explanation-2: -The lungs and respiratory system allow us to breathe. They bring oxygen into our bodies (called inspiration, or inhalation) and send carbon dioxide out (called expiration, or exhalation).

Detailed explanation-3: -Blood rich in carbon dioxide travels to the heart, which pumps it to the lungs. Carbon dioxide goes from the capillaries around the alveoli into the alveoli. Then carbon dioxide goes up the bronchioles to the bronchi, and then to the trachea to be exhaled.

Detailed explanation-4: -The carbon dioxide is dissolved in the blood, carried to the lungs by the circulation, and breathed out. Every living cell of our body carries out the energy-releasing process of respiration, where glucose (a simple sugar) is slowly “burnt” (oxidised) to give off carbon dioxide (excreted through the lungs) and water.

Detailed explanation-5: -Carbon dioxide is the waste product of the body that needs to be expelled out through exhalation. It is saturated with water vapours, that’s why water vapours also come out with it. So the correct answer is ‘Exhaled air’.

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