01:146:356 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Central Pattern Generator, Glossopharyngeal Nerve, Baroreceptor

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Chapter 18: gas exchange and transport: diffusion and solubility of gases. Diffusion rate: surface area x concentration gradient x membrane permeability/membrane thickness. Most important factor in gas exchange is concentration gradient. Dissolved gas depends on pressure, solubility, and temperature o o. If gas pressure is higher in water than in gaseous phase, then gas molecules leave the water. If a gas is very soluble, gas particles go into solution at a low gas partial pressure; and with less soluble gases, gas particles may not go into solution even at high gas partial pressures o. Pressure being same in water and air does not mean concentration is the same; co2 is more soluble in water than oxygen is: gas exchange in the lungs and tissues. With pco2 higher in systemic capillary blood because of co2 production, it is 46 mmhg compared to 40 mmhg in arterial plasma so co2 travels from cell to capillary ad blood averages at 46.

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