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    Gas exchange occurs across the thin walls of the alveoli in the lungs. Oxygen from inhaled air diffuses into the pulmonary capillaries where it binds to hemoglobin and is transported to the tissues, while carbon dioxide diffuses from the capillaries into the alveoli and is exhaled. Fetal hemoglobin has a higher affinity for oxygen than adult hemoglobin to facilitate gas exchange across the placenta in utero. The trachea branches into bronchi, which further divide into bronchioles that terminate in alveoli where the primary sites of gas exchange are located.

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    Gas exchange occurs across the thin walls of the alveoli in the lungs. Oxygen from inhaled air diffuses into the pulmonary capillaries where it binds to hemoglobin and is transported to the tissues, while carbon dioxide diffuses from the capillaries into the alveoli and is exhaled. Fetal hemoglobin has a higher affinity for oxygen than adult hemoglobin to facilitate gas exchange across the placenta in utero. The trachea branches into bronchi, which further divide into bronchioles that terminate in alveoli where the primary sites of gas exchange are located.

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    Where Does Gas Exchange Occur?: Biology - Respiration

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    Gas exchange occurs across the thin walls of the alveoli in the lungs. Oxygen from inhaled air diffuses into the pulmonary capillaries where it binds to hemoglobin and is transported to the tissues, while carbon dioxide diffuses from the capillaries into the alveoli and is exhaled. Fetal hemoglobin has a higher affinity for oxygen than adult hemoglobin to facilitate gas exchange across the placenta in utero. The trachea branches into bronchi, which further divide into bronchioles that terminate in alveoli where the primary sites of gas exchange are located.

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    Biology – Respiration

    Where does gas exchange occur?


    Across the thing walls of the alveoli
    Biology – Respiration
    What are the steps in gas exchange?
    Deoxygenated blood enters the pulmonary capillaries that
    surround the alveoli
    O2 from the inhaled air diffuses down its gradient into the
    capillaries, where it binds with hemoglobin and returns to
    the heart
    CO2 from the tissues diffuses from the capillaries to the
    alveoli, and is exhaled
    Biology – Respiration
    What is the difference between fetal hemoglobin and
    adult hemoglobin?
    Fetal hemoglobin has a higher affinity for oxygen than
    adult hemoglobin
    Biology – Respiration
    Fetal Respiration
    Gas and nutrients exchanges occur across the placenta
    Biology – Respiration
    What does the trachea break down to?
    Bronchus
    Biology – Respiration
    What does the bronchus break down to?
    Bronchiole
    Biology – Respiration
    What does the bronchiole break down to?
    Alveoli

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