Question 8 • Biology - SC3209 IC
At the alveoli, oxygen diffuses from the air into the surrounding capillary blood, while carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood into the alveoli to be exhaled. So the capillaries exchange both gases, and oxygen is absorbed by the blood. Carbon dioxide does not move from the alveoli into the blood, and the air we exhale is not simply oxygen.
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