Which Statement Accurately Describes Alveolar and Systemic Gas Exchanges

question 107

Multiple Choice

Which statement accurately describes alveolar and systemic gas exchanges?

• A) In both alveolar and systemic gas exchange, oxygen diffuses out of the blood.
• B) In both alveolar and systemic gas exchange, oxygen diffuses toward the blood.
• C) In alveolar gas exchange oxygen diffuses into the blood, but in systemic gas exchange it diffuses out of the blood.
• D) In alveolar gas exchange oxygen diffuses out of the blood, but in systemic gas exchange it diffuses into the blood.

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Definitions:

Demand

The quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various price points, at a given time.

Excise Tax

A per-unit tax on a specific good.

Supply Curve

A graph that represents the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good that suppliers are willing to sell.

Perfectly Inelastic

Describes a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied of a good does not change as its price changes.