Understanding Oxygenation in Medical Surgical Nursing

Exchange of oxygen from alveoli to pulmonary capillary blood

Decrease in blood oxygen concentration

Decrease in oxygen in the tissue

Movement of air into and out of the lungs (correct)

Movement of air into and out of the lungs

External respiration (correct)

Diffusion of gases from blood to alveolar space

Cellular respiration

Movement of gases from higher concentration to lower concentration

Exchange of oxygen from alveoli to pulmonary capillary blood

Regulated by respiratory control centers in the brain

Decrease in blood oxygen concentration (correct)

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