Answered: 1. What term best describes the…

Cardiopulmonary Anatomy & Physiology

7th Edition

ISBN:9781337794909

Author:Des Jardins, Terry.

Publisher:Des Jardins, Terry.

Chapter6: Oxygen And Carbon Dioxide Transport

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1. What term best describes the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide at the interface between the systemic capillaries and the peripheral tissues?

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Cellular respiration

Ventilation

Internal respiration

External respiration

2. What is the reason why blood returning to the heart is deoxygenated?

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Because the vena cavae soak oxygen out of the blood plasma

Because the left and right lungs have used up its oxygen before supplying the blood back to the heart

Because the oxygen is placed into hemoglobin and thus taken away from the blood

Because the tissues of the body have used up most of the oxygen

Definition Definition Set of metabolic processes and reactions that produce energy from organic substances such as glucose. Cellular respiration takes place in the organism’s cells, where the chemical energy from nutrients or molecules of oxygen is converted into adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Cellular respiration that occurs in the presence of oxygen is called aerobic respiration; in the absence of oxygen, it is called anaerobic respiration.

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