EMBRYOLOGY
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Question
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Diffusion
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Respiration
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Cellular respiration
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None of the above
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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: -Gas exchange takes place in the millions of alveoli in the lungs and the capillaries that envelop them. As shown below, inhaled oxygen moves from the alveoli to the blood in the capillaries, and carbon dioxide moves from the blood in the capillaries to the air in the alveoli.
Detailed explanation-3: -Diffusion is the spontaneous movement of gases, without the use of any energy or effort by the body, between the alveoli and the capillaries in the lungs. Perfusion is the process by which the cardiovascular system pumps blood throughout the lungs.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gaseous exchange takes place in alveoli of lungs. From alveoli, the oxygen diffuses into blood and carbon-di-oxide diffuses from the blood to enter the alveoli for exhalation.