2007-06-11 15:36:59 · 12 answers · asked by soni 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
There are millions of alveoli in each lung. They make the lung tissue feel spongy.
2007-06-11 15:39:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why Do Lungs Feel Spongy
2017-01-17 11:50:41 · answer #2 · answered by dunworth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The numerous canal-like ducts in the lung make it feel spongy. All of the ducts are lined with blood vessels. As air comes in, it fills these ducts. The oxygen is seperated and then absorbed into the blood through these vessels.
2007-06-11 15:49:34 · answer #3 · answered by bluesea112 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes my skin crawl to think about it, but how do you know?
Anyway, one would expect lungs to feel spongy, because their structure is not totally unlike a sponge. To get maximum surface in contact with the air, mammalian lungs are made of myriad small sack like structures called alveoli.
2007-06-11 15:51:35 · answer #4 · answered by tinkertailorcandlestickmaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are spongy because they have a large amount of surface area to absorb oxygen.
2007-06-11 15:39:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well lungs are pretty much air insulation conducted. Lungs really do not need to be hard, because air is really light and it is also not thick and could fit in almost in everything
2007-06-11 15:39:58 · answer #6 · answered by BREATH NEVER PAUSE YOUR LUNGS!! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it it full of little air sacks.
More importantly, whose lungs have you been feeling?
2007-06-11 15:39:00 · answer #7 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because thry are made of alveoli or air sacs and have pores in them
2007-06-11 15:48:59 · answer #8 · answered by amrita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you are a girl. supposed to feel spongy.u know... u have bo*0*p/s!
or, u might have a deadly pnemonia that filled ur lungs with mucus.
2007-06-11 15:39:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Because they're made of cells that fill with oxygen and empty again.
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2007-06-11 15:38:53 · answer #10 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋