BIOL 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 25: Hemoglobin, Trachea

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Breathing: as you inhale, a large moist internal surface is exposed to the air entering the lungs. Oxygen diffuses across the cells lining the lungs and into surrounding blood vessels. Co2 diffuses from the blood into the lungs at the same time. System: the o2 that diffused into theblood attaches to hemoglobin in rbc> red vessels transport o2 riich blood from lungs to capillaries in tissues. Co2 is also transported in blood from tissues back to lungs. Exchange of gases with body cells: cells take up o2 from the blood and release co2 to the blood. Study hint: the concept of countercurrent exchange is important. It permits efficient exchange of gases with the blood in the gills, as described here. It also permits concentration of urine in the kidney (to be covered in chapter 28), and maintenance of body temperature in some fish and in many birds and mammals that live in cold climates.

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