The lungs deliver a regular supply of oxygen to the blood, which is in turn circulated to most of the cells of the body. At the same, time oxygen is consumed during aerobic cellular respiration within these cells. This implies that oxygen requires active transport to enter most cells the rate of oxygen diffusion is independent of concentration oxygen will passively diffuse into the cells the concentration of oxygen is higher inside of the cell relative to outside of the cell

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The lungs deliver a regular supply of
oxygen to the blood, which is in turn
circulated to most of the cells of the
body. At the same, time oxygen is
consumed during aerobic cellular
respiration within these cells. This
implies that
oxygen requires active transport to
enter most cells
the rate of oxygen diffusion is
independent of concentration
oxygen will passively diffuse into the
cells
the concentration of oxygen is
higher inside of the cell relative to
outside of the cell
Transcribed Image Text:The lungs deliver a regular supply of oxygen to the blood, which is in turn circulated to most of the cells of the body. At the same, time oxygen is consumed during aerobic cellular respiration within these cells. This implies that oxygen requires active transport to enter most cells the rate of oxygen diffusion is independent of concentration oxygen will passively diffuse into the cells the concentration of oxygen is higher inside of the cell relative to outside of the cell
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