Studied by 1 person• Glucose
________ is broken down to CO2, first through glycolysis in the.
• Diffusion
________ is passive, driven only by the difference in O2.
• Alveoli
What are surrounded by an? Answer with a single words or term.
Animals
________ is obtaining sufficient oxygen and disposing of excess carbon.
CO2
________ is the byproduct of the breakdown of glucose.
• Inhaled air
________ passes through the.
• Lungs of mammals
What are packed? Answer with a single words or term.
• Hemoglobin
________ loads up with oxygen in the lungs, forming oxyhemoglobin.
• Neurons
What are sensitive to blood pressure of CO2 changes? Answer with a single words or term.
• Alveolar walls
________ break down and the lung exhibits larger but fewer.
walls of the alveoli
What are only one cell layer thick, and so are the? Answer with a single words or term.
• Oxygen
What is always bound to hemoglobin? Answer with a single words or term.
• Each heme group
________ has a central iron atom that can bind a molecule of O2.
• Each chain
________ is associated with a heme group.
• Contraction of the diaphragm
________ expands the volume of thorax and lungs.
• Contraction of the external intercostal muscles
________ expands the rib cage.
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