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avanturin [10]
3 years ago
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Why do we have so much alveoli

Biology
2 answers:
mariarad [96]3 years ago
6 0
Gas exchange occurs rapidly and continuously in our lungs. Alveoli are tiny sacs at the end of bronchioles, the reason they are so tiny yet abundant is to increase their surface area to volume ratio. ... A larger surface area to volume ratio means there is more surface area to one unit of volume
Ymorist [56]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Gas exchange occurs rapidly and continuously in our lungs. Alveoli are tiny sacs at the end of bronchioles, the reason they are so tiny yet abundant is to increase their surface area to volume ratio. ... A larger surface area to volume ratio means there is more surface area to one unit of volume

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