Question

How are oxygen and carbon dioxide get exchanged in body during respiration?

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How are oxygen and carbon dioxide get exchanged in body during respiration?

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We all know that as we respire, the gases (carbon dioxide and oxygen) exchanged in our body. The exchange takes place in the millions of alveoli in the lungs and the capillaries that envelop them. As shown below, inhaled oxygen moves from the alveoli to the blood in the capillaries, and carbon dioxide moves from the blood in the capillaries to the air in the alveoli.

${\mathfrak{\red{Respiration:-}}}$It is a process of breaking down the food with the release of energy is called respiration.

${\mathfrak{\red{Difference\: between \: Breathing \: and \:Respiration:-}}}$

$\boxed{\begin{tabular}{ c || c} \bf{Breathing} & \bf{Respiration}\\ \cline{1-2}\sf{It is a physical process.} & \sf{It is a biochemical process.} \\ \cline{1-2}\sf{It involves the exchange of gases.} & \sf{It involves breakdown of the food.}\\ \cline{1-2}\sf{No energy is released during this process.} & \sf{Energy is released during this process. }\\ \cline{1-2}\sf{It takes part outside the cell.} & \sf{It takes place within the cell}\\ \end{tabular}}$