Organ or Tissue Function
respiratory transport
res·pi·ra·to·ry trans·port
Subclass of:
Biological Transport;
Respiration
Definitions related to respiratory transport:
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The processes of diffusion across the BLOOD-AIR BARRIER, and the chemical reactions coupled with diffusion that effect the rate of PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE, generally at the alveolar level.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(respiratory gas transport) Movement of oxygen from the environment into tissue and elimination of carbon dioxide.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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