What is Life? A Guide to Biology with Physiology
What is Life? A Guide to Biology with Physiology
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781464157745
Author: Jay Phelan
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 21, Problem 15SA
Summary Introduction

To analyze:

Why birds don't pass out from lack of oxygen, even at high altitudes.

Introduction:

Air flows in one direction in the respiratory system of birds.

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