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hairs (4a) Fungi body plan (5a) Kwashiorkor (6e) Scientific American: Ask the Experts - Why
don't our digestive acids corrode our stomach linings? (9a) Rat Dissection Pictures (new!) Peptidases and Fat Absorption (11b, c, e) Filter feeding (13a): baleen Rat Dissection Pictures (new!) Bird
lungs (22a) Loading and unloading of respiratory gases Another use of salivary amylase |
Loading and Unloading of Respiratory Gases A gas always diffuses from a region of higher partial pressure to a region of lower partial pressure. The figure below highlights the partial pressures of oxygen and carbon dioxide at select times during the respiratory cycle. The colored bars indicate the partial pressures (in mmHg) of these two respiratory gases in different locations.
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