Respiration

22 Novembro 2021, 14:00 • Carlos Gravato

Properties of gases in the gas phase. The universal gas law.

Gases in aqueous solutions. Effects of temperature and salinity.

Diffusion of gases in gas mixtures and in aqueous solution.

Diffusion and convective transport.

Types of convective transport.

The physiological oxygen cascade.

Generalized features of animal gas exchange.

Breathing organs of fish, tuna fish, lungfish, and amphibians.

Percentage of gas exchange through the skin of some animals.