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How does the gas exchange occur in the respiratory system?

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diffusion

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Where in the respiratory system does gas exchange occur?
The alveoli Additional Information: The aveoli are small sacks in the lungs. A membrane that lines these sacks allows oxygen to move to the blood and carbon dioxide to move from the blood. Alveoli...
What gases are exchange in the respiratory system?
The gases that are exchanged are oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Where does gas exchange occur in the human respiratory system?
In lungs, where the blood charges itself in oxygen.And in cells where the blood transfers the oxygen to them and charges itself in CO2.
Where in the respiratory system does gas change occur?
in the alveoli
Where does the exchange of respiratory gases occur in the amoeba?
Small organisms, like a amoeba's, have large surface area : volume ratios which means the exchange can take place by diffusion through the cell wall, the same as any other single celled organsism.