The gas exchange system is responsible for getting oxygen into the blood and removing carbon dioxide as a person breathes. Breathing is also called 'ventilation' and is the movement of gases into and ...

The cells in the body need oxygen to release energy from food efficiently by carrying out aerobic respiration. A waste product of aerobic respiration is carbon dioxide. The layer of moisture in the ...

Richard Bossert's street-level study of the human body's gas exchange process is nothing to sniff at when it comes to patient treatment. You arrive for a difficulty-breathing emergency. The patient is ...