MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

RESPIRATORY

FIBROTIC LUNG DISEASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and blood stream
A
Internal Respiration
B
External Respiration
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -During gas exchange oxygen moves from the lungs to the bloodstream. At the same time carbon dioxide passes from the blood to the lungs. This happens in the lungs between the alveoli and a network of tiny blood vessels called capillaries, which are located in the walls of the alveoli.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the alveoli and blood in the lung is called: external respiration. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and cells throughout the body is called: internal respiration.

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