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ISBN: 9781260494570
Author: Raven, Peter
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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To explain: The Frick’s Law of Diffusion.

Introduction: The gases diffuse into the aqueous layer converting the epithelial cells that line the respiratory organs in the vertebrates. The process of diffusion is passive, only driven by the difference in concentration of carbon dioxide and oxygen on the two-sided of the membranes and their relative solubility’s in the plasma membrane.

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