Cornell University BIOG 1105-1106
Unit 6: Demos

Ojective 2:

Inorganic nutrients in plants

Objective 3:

Nitrogen fixation

Objective 4:

Root hairs (4a)
Mycorrhizae (4b)
Root structure and function

Objective 5:

Fungi body plan (5a)

Objective 6:

Kwashiorkor (6e)

Objective 8:

Gastrovascular cavities (8b)

Objective 9:

Scientific American: Ask the Experts - Why don't our digestive acids corrode our stomach linings? (9a)
Article: Ulcer causing bacteria win Nobel Prize(optional)

Objective 10:

Rat Dissection Pictures (new!)

Objective 11:

Peptidases and Fat Absorption (11b, c, e)

Objective 14:

Filter feeding (14a): baleen
Dietary adaptations
Mechanical digestion
See the herbivore and carnivore skulls and teeth in the Study Center (14c)
See the goat's rumen in the Study Center (14e)

Objective 15:

The problems of gas exchange
How do stems do gas exchange? (15c)

Objective 16:

Gas exchange strategies

Objective 18:

Countercurrent exchange

Objective 19:

Insect gas exchange

Objective 20:

Rat Dissection Pictures (new!)

Objective 21:

Bird lungs (21b)

Objective 22:

See the model of negative-pressure breathing in the Study Center

Objective 24:

Loading and unloading of respiratory gases

Objective 26:

CO2 transport in the blood

Optional Supplementary Material:

Spleen functions
Healthy eating pyramids
The effect of aspirin on your stomach!

Loading and Unloading of Respiratory Gases

A gas always diffuses froma 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.

 

From Campbell and Reece, 7th edition (2005), Biology

 

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