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Compare the operation and efficiency of fish gills with amphibian, bird, and mammal lungs.
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Ch. 47.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 47.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 47.1 - Compare evolutionary strategies for maximizing gas...Ch. 47.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 47.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 47.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 47.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 47.3 - Describe the breathing cycle of birds.Ch. 47.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 47.4 - Prob. 2LO
Ch. 47.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 47.5 - Describe the structure of hemoglobin.Ch. 47.5 - Predict hemoglobins oxygen affinity in various...Ch. 47.5 - Prob. 3LOCh. 47 - Prob. 1DACh. 47 - Prob. 2DACh. 47 - Prob. 3DACh. 47 - Prob. 4DACh. 47 - For a given PO2, how does oxyhemoglobin saturation...Ch. 47 - Prob. 1IQCh. 47 - Prob. 2IQCh. 47 - Prob. 1UCh. 47 - Increased efficiency of gas exchange in...Ch. 47 - Prob. 3UCh. 47 - Prob. 4UCh. 47 - Ficks Law of Diffusion states the rate of...Ch. 47 - Prob. 6UCh. 47 - Prob. 7UCh. 47 - Prob. 8UCh. 47 - When you take a deep breath, your stomach moves...Ch. 47 - Marine mammals are able to hold their breath for...Ch. 47 - Countercurrent flow systems do not occur in lungs...Ch. 47 - Respiratory organs of invertebrates and...Ch. 47 - Prob. 5ACh. 47 - During exercise more oxygen is delivered to the...Ch. 47 - Compare the operation and efficiency of fish gills...Ch. 47 - What happens when, during exercise, the oxygen...Ch. 47 - Explain how bacteria, archaea, protists, and many...
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