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List the features of the alveoli that adapt them to gas exchange.
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1. Cells secrete fluid making the inner surface moist.
2. Increase in surface area. 3. Single layer of cells allowing for short diffusion distance 4. Dense network of capillaries near the surface. |
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Ventilation
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the process of inhaling and exhaling, with oxygen entering the alveoli (large surface area)
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