Which Statement Accurately Describes the Pathway an Oxygen Molecule Follows

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which statement accurately describes the pathway an oxygen molecule follows as it moves through the lung to the blood?

• A) It travels from an alveolus to a bronchiole to a capillary to a red blood cell to hemoglobin.
• B) It travels from a bronchiole to an alveolus to a capillary to hemoglobin to a red blood cell.
• C) It travels from a bronchiole to an alveolus to a capillary to a red blood cell to hemoglobin.
• D) It travels from a bronchiole to an alveolus to a red blood cell to a capillary to hemoglobin.

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Definitions:

Normally Distributed

Refers to data that fall in a bell curve pattern centered around the mean, used to describe a distribution in statistics.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean of the set.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, representing the central location within that dataset.

Standard Normal

Refers to a normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, serving as a basis for comparing other normal distributions.