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Let say one of those rockets dropped its air bubble somehow. How does the body get rid of it? Or does it?
by deskamess 3y ago
Let say one of those rockets dropped its air bubble somehow. How does the body get rid of it? Or does it?
- programmer_dude 3y agoI think the air will escape through the lungs eventually.
- dymk 3y agoGas perfusion into the surrounding tissues and liquids, probably
- Lalabadie 3y agoIf your question is about the air: It does! The blood carries a ton of cells that can pick up air components. Red blood cells (more specifically, their hemoglobin) bind to the O2 and CO2. Your vessels also feed into your body's plasma, which can act as a circulating reservoir for yet-to-be-collected CO2. The major component in atmospheric air, nitrogen (N2), is already abundant in the blood too, so it isn't an issue. If I remember correctly, our bodies are generally in equilibrium with the outside air in terms of N2 partial pressure. Admittedly, a small air bubble in the blood bypasses a lot of the specialized membranes our alveoli use to make their gas exchange, but blood itself can manage a bit of air just fine. If you're asking about the nanorobot, however: The article says it's not yet biodegradable to the degree they want to make it.
- alvarezbjm-hn 3y agoKeep in mind that dissolved oxigen in blood is negligible in comparison to oxygen bound to hemoglobin. In addition, a bubble shows surface tension. This is exactly the problem of divers who surface too fast: the excess of air dissolved in the blood due to higher pressure aggregates into bubbles. EDIT: By excess of air I mean Nitrogen. We don't have proteins to bind gaseous Nitrogen.