the lungs

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what is the job of an exchange surface?
for large complex organisms to obtain all of the food and oxygen they need.
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what makes an exchange surface efficiant?
large surface area, thin walls or a short diffusion path, and an efficiant transport system helps.
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the lungs are ventilated to...?
maintain a steep diffusion gradient
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which structures increase the surface are of the lungs?
the alveoli
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how does oxygen move into blood?
diffusion
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how does carbon dioxide move out of the blood?
diffusion again
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which muscles contract when you breathe in?
intercostal muscles and diaphram
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what happens to the diaphram when you breathe out?
it becomes domed
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what makes an exchange surface efficiant?

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which structures increase the surface are of the lungs?

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