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Biology
Undergraduate 2
10/26/2008

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1)breathing is the1st phase of the gas exchange process
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2)second phase is transport of gases by the circulatory system
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3)body cells take up O2 from the blood and release co2 to the blood.
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gills
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are extentions or outfolding of the body surface specialized for gas exchange
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tracheal system
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of insects is an extensive system of branchinf internal tubes with the respitory surface found at their tips
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ventilation
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mechanism that increase the flow of the surrounding water or air over the respiratory surface(gills tracheae or lungs
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tracheal system
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of insects is an extensive system of branchinf internal tubes with the respitory surface found at their tips
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countercurrent exchange
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is the transfer of a substance from a fluid moving in one direction to anohter fluid moving in the opposite direction
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diaphragm
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the thoracic cavity is seperated from the abdominal cavity by a sheet of muscle called diaphragm
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pharynx
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where the path for air and food pass.
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