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toxic. The lungs are the place in the body where essential oxygen is taken in, and toxic carbon dioxide is released. When the lungs have difficulty doing their job, other organs in the body have difficulty doing their jobs. Therefore, the health of the lungs has direct and immediate effects on the overall health of the body. 1
Â· just now. Report Abuse. The alveoli has a moist lining in order for gas exchange to occur. Inhaled gas, oxygen, dissolves into the moist lining so it can enter the blood stream; carbon dioxide is released from the moist lining and exhaled.xygen is what the lungs are trying to absorb, but at the same time the lungs function as something of a barrier to solids. The membranes of the epithelial and endothelial cells don't pose a barrier to the movement of this oxygen and the carbon dioxide that needs to be exhaled.