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In humans and other mammals, the respiratory system consists of the airways, the lungs, and the respiratory muscles that mediate the movement of air into and out of the body. Within the alveolar system of the lungs, molecules of oxygen and carbon dioxide are passively exchanged, by diffusion, between the gaseous environment and the blood. Thus, the respiratory system facilitates oxygenation of the blood with a concomitant removal of carbon...


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What are the two main jobs of the Respiratory System?Why is the Respiratory System important?Why...

Blow off CO2 created by the tissues of the body, and deliver O2 to the tissues. if we didn't get rid of CO2 our body would become acidic and...

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How does the respiratory system change as the frog undergoes metamorphosis from a tadpole to...
Here's the whole question (it's a lab question): Describe mating in frogs and the stages of...

from gills to lungs The tadpole is the aquatic larval form of the amphibian (frog in this case), a descendent of the fish which retains its gill apparatus for extacting dissolved...

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