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- 1 What is the movement of gases from higher to lower concentrations?
- 2 What is it called when oxygen moves from high to low concentration?
- 3 What term is defined as the process by which oxygen and carbon dioxide are transferred between alveoli and blood and between blood and body cells?
- 4 Which of the following is the movement of gases into and out of the lungs?
What is the movement of gases from higher to lower concentrations?
Diffusion is the net movement of anything (for example, atoms, ions, molecules, energy) generally from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. Diffusion is driven by a gradient in Gibbs free energy or chemical potential.
What is it called when oxygen moves from high to low concentration?
Dissolved or gaseous substances have to pass through the cell membrane to get into or out of a cell. Diffusion is one of the processes that allows this to happen. Diffusion occurs when particles spread. They move from a region where they are in high concentration to a region where they are in low concentration.
What term is defined as the process by which oxygen and carbon dioxide are transferred between alveoli and blood and between blood and body cells?
The lungs and respiratory system allow us to breathe. They bring oxygen into our bodies (called inspiration, or inhalation) and send carbon dioxide out (called expiration, or exhalation). This exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide is called respiration.
What is the meaning of higher concentration to lower concentration?
High concentration means the amount of solute is high in the solution and low concentration means it is low. Amount of solvent is high in low concentration and low in high concentration of solute.
What occurs at the respiratory membrane?
At the respiratory membrane, where the alveolar and capillary walls meet, gases move across the membranes, with oxygen entering the bloodstream and carbon dioxide exiting. It is through this mechanism that blood is oxygenated and carbon dioxide, the waste product of cellular respiration, is removed from the body.
Which of the following is the movement of gases into and out of the lungs?
Ventilation
Ventilation is the process by which air moves in and out of the lungs. Diffusion is the spontaneous movement of gases, without the use of any energy or effort by the body, between the alveoli and the capillaries in the lungs.