Gas Exchange

Cards (7)

  • How does oxygen move from the alveoli into the blood?
    Through Diffusion
  • How are aleveolies adapted for gas exchange?
    Thins walls, Moist walls, Permable walls
  • What is diffusion?
    The net movement of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
  • what is osmosis?
    The movement by water from a high concentration of water through a partly permable membrane
  • What influences diffusion?
    Temperature, gradient, distance
  • Where does diffusion occur?
    In liquid and gas
  • What is active trnasport?
    The movement of substance against the concentration gradient