Active tissues generate carbon dioxide, which diffuses out of the tissue into the bloodstream, to be carried away. Is this diffusion into the blood a case of flow up a gradient, or down? Explain.

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Active tissues generate carbon dioxide, which diffuses out of the tissue into the bloodstream, to be carried away. Is this diffusion into the blood a case of flow up a gradient, or down? Explain.

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