When we breath , we take air in our body .It means we take all the gases present in our atmosphere , then how alveoli take only oxygen. Is there any filter system?

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No, there is no filter there. Whole air passes through the alveoli wall, but it is the oxygen only which bind with the haemoglobin and transported.

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