Lung Function

  • Gas Exchange
    • The exchange of gases between the lungs and the blood takes place across the alveolar and capillary membranes. As a group, all the layers of tissue through which the respiratory gases diffuse are known as the alveolar-capillary
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  • Acid-Based Balance System
    • The acid-based balance system is a system that keeps the pH in the blood as balanced as possible at all times. When there are too many hydrogen ions, the buffers absorb them to make the balance. 
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  • Infection Control
    • Germs and infection easily access the lungs; these germs are collected in the tubes of the lungs. They are eventually brought up in the mucus by cilia or destroyed by white blood cells where they are coughed up and out of the body.
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