Gas Exchange at the Alveoli (AQA GCSE Physical Education): Flashcards
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How do gases move between areas?
How do gases move between areas?
From high to low concentration
What oxygen binds with in blood
What oxygen binds with in blood
Haemoglobin
What forms when O₂ binds with haemoglobin
What forms when O₂ binds with haemoglobin
Oxyhaemoglobin
Where oxyhaemoglobin is transported to
Where oxyhaemoglobin is transported to
Working muscles
What oxyhaemoglobin is used for
What oxyhaemoglobin is used for
Aerobic activity
What is produced during aerobic activity
What is produced during aerobic activity
Carbon dioxide
What removes CO₂ from muscles
What removes CO₂ from muscles
Haemoglobin
Gaseous exchange location in lungs
Gaseous exchange location in lungs
Alveoli-capillaries
Gaseous exchange location at muscles
Gaseous exchange location at muscles
Capillaries-muscle tissue
Thickness of alveoli walls
Thickness of alveoli walls
One cell thick
Characteristics of alveoli walls
Characteristics of alveoli walls
Moist and thin
Surface area of alveoli
Surface area of alveoli
Very large
What surrounds alveoli
What surrounds alveoli
Capillaries