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Respiration: The Exchange of Gases: Concepts & Connections
Respiration: The Exchange of Gases: Concepts & Connections
CHAPTER 22
Respiration: The Exchange of
Gases
Lung CO2
1 Breathing
Circulatory
system
2 Transport
of gases by
the circulatory
system
Mitochondria
3 Servicing of O2
cells within
the body CO2
tissues
Capillary
Cell
Figure 22.1
Cut
Cross section
of respiratory
surface (the
skin covering
the body)
CO2
O2
Capillaries
Figure 22.2A
Body surface
Respiratory
surface
(gill)
CO2 Capillaries
O2
Figure 22.2B
Body surface
Body surface
Respiratory
surface Respiratory
(tracheae) surface
O2 (within lung)
Figure 22.2C, D
Gill arch
Blood
vessels
Gill
filaments
Oxygen-poor
blood
Oxygen-rich
blood
Lamella
Water
flow Figure 22.3
gradient that
maximizes the
uptake of O2
Blood flow
through
lamellae
Figure 22.4