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Chapter 10, Problem 8SQ
Due to its partial pressure gradient, carbon dioxide diffuses from cells into tissue fluid and into the ________; in the lungs, carbon dioxide diffuses into the ________.
- a. alveoli; bronchioles
- b. bloodstream; bronchioles
- c. alveoli; bloodstream
- d. bloodstream; alveoli
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