Absorption Of Materials

Question 1

What do tissues contain

Answer 1

Capillary networks to allow the exchange of materials at cells

Question 2

Surfaces involved in the absorption of materials have certain features in common. These include:

Answer 2

A large surface area
Thin walls
Extensive blood supply

Question 3

The windpipe and bronchus are supported and held open by?

Answer 3

Rings of cartilage

Question 4

What is at the end of the bronchioles

Answer 4

Air sacs and this is where gases are exchanged with the blood

Question 5

What is the main function of the alveoli

Answer 5

Exchange of gases

Question 6

Walls of the alveoli are very thin

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Alveoli is surrounded by a network of blood capillaries

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What type of blood arrives in the lungs

Answer 8

Deoxygenated blood

Question 9

Function of large surface area

Answer 9

Allows for diffusion of gases

Question 10

Function of thin walls

Answer 10

Allows fast diffusion of oxygen into blood and carbon dioxide into the alveoli

Question 11

Function of Surrounded by large capillary network

Answer 11

Gases can be easily transported to and from the lungs

Question 12

Function of very long small intestine

Answer 12

Absorption of the small food molecules

Question 13

What are the products of fat digestion (fatty acids and glycerol) absorbed by

Answer 13

Lacteal

Question 14

What system are lacteals apart of

Answer 14

Lymphatic system