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What is the process of moving the respiratory medium over the respiratory surface called?
What is the process of moving the respiratory medium over the respiratory surface called?
True or false: The rate of diffusion is directly proportional to distance and inversely proportional to surface area.
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_______ of gases occurs across respiratory membranes.
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What is the rate of diffusion proportional to?
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What maintains the partial pressure gradient necessary for diffusion in respiratory systems?
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Rate of diffusion is proportional to ________ area and inversely proportional to distance.
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True or false: Diffusion of gases occurs across the digestive membrane.
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What is required in respiratory systems to bring gases within diffusion distance?
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What is the rate of diffusion proportional to in respiratory systems?
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True or false: Fick's law of diffusion measures the rate of osmosis across a barrier.
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Bulk flow is required in respiratory systems to bring gases within _________ distance.
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What is the law that measures the rate of diffusion across a barrier in respiratory systems?
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What law measures the rate of diffusion across a barrier?
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True or false: Countercurrent exchange maintains the partial pressure gradient necessary for osmosis.
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Water is denser and more viscous than air, affecting _________ rates.
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True or false: Ventilation is the process of moving the digestive medium over the digestive surface.
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How does the density and viscosity of water affect diffusion rates?
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Fick's law of diffusion measures the rate of diffusion across a _________.
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Which gas is denser and more viscous than air, affecting diffusion rates in respiratory systems?
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True or false: Hemoglobin is replaced with hemocyanin in mammals.
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How do mammals ventilate their lungs?
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What is the process by which oxygen is transported to tissues in respiratory systems?
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Ventilation is the process of moving the respiratory medium over the respiratory _________.
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What maintains the partial pressure gradient necessary for diffusion?
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True or false: Hemoglobin offloads roughly 80% of the oxygen it carries in system tissues at rest.
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Countercurrent exchange maintains the partial pressure gradient necessary for _________.
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What happens to the concentration of oxygen in blood plasma without hemoglobin in respiratory systems?
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What percentage of oxygen does hemoglobin offload in system tissues at rest in respiratory systems?
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Mammals ventilate lungs by _________ pressure breathing.
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What happens to hemoglobin during exercise?
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True or false: Carbon dioxide binds to hemoglobin and reacts with water to form bicarbonate ion and proton in the lungs.
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Oxygen diffuses into blood plasma in alveoli and is transported to systemic _________.
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What happens to hemoglobin during exercise in respiratory systems?
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True or false: Only 30% of carbon dioxide ever circulates in the plasma.
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What percentage of carbon dioxide circulates in the plasma?
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True or false: Red blood cells do not have a nucleus to accommodate hemoglobin.
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How much of carbon dioxide ever circulates in the plasma in respiratory systems?
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CO2 diffuses into blood capillaries in systemic tissues and is transported back to _________.
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What happens to carbon dioxide when it binds to hemoglobin?
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Study Notes
- Diffusion of gases occurs across respiratory membranes.
- Rate of diffusion is proportional to surface area and inversely proportional to distance.
- Bulk flow is required in respiratory systems to bring gases within diffusion distance.
- Water is denser and more viscous than air, affecting diffusion rates.
- Fick's law of diffusion measures the rate of diffusion across a barrier.
- Ventilation is the process of moving the respiratory medium over the respiratory surface.
- Countercurrent exchange maintains the partial pressure gradient necessary for diffusion.
- Mammals ventilate lungs by negative pressure breathing.
- Oxygen diffuses into blood plasma in alveoli and is transported to systemic circulation.
- CO2 diffuses into blood capillaries in systemic tissues and is transported back to lungs.1. Oxygen is inhaled and diffuses across the alveolar membrane into the blood.
- Oxygen is bound to hemoglobin in red blood cells.
- Hemoglobin carries oxygen to tissues.
- The concentration of oxygen in blood plasma would quickly build up without hemoglobin.
- Red blood cells do not have a nucleus to accommodate hemoglobin.
- Hemoglobin is replaced with hemocyanin in other phyla.
- Hemoglobin offloads roughly 30% of the oxygen it carries in system tissues at rest.
- Hemoglobin loses 80% of the oxygen it carries during exercise due to increased CO2 levels.
- Carbon dioxide binds to hemoglobin and reacts with water to form bicarbonate ion and proton.
- Only 7% of carbon dioxide ever circulates in the plasma.
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Test your knowledge of respiratory systems with this quiz on gas diffusion and oxygen transport. Learn about the factors that affect diffusion rates, the mechanisms of ventilation, and the role of hemoglobin in oxygen transport. Master the concepts of Fick's law, countercurrent exchange, and negative pressure breathing. Discover how carbon dioxide is transported in the blood and the effects of exercise on oxygen levels. Challenge yourself with this quiz and become an expert on respiratory physiology.
