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Diffusion. Lectures on respiratory physiology. Swim bladder of a fish. Fick’s law of diffusion through a tissue sheet. Very thin blood-gas barrier. Electron micrograph of pulmonary capillary. High power view of blood-gas barrier. Fick’s law of diffusion through a tissue sheet.
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Diffusion Lectures on respiratory physiology
CO-Hb DISSOCIATION CURVE CO SATURATION, % O2 PARTIAL PRESSURE, mm Hg
Reduced Hb Spectro Photometer 100 Mixing Chamber HBO2 % t 0 0.1 0.2 O2 solution time (sec) Measurement of the rapid reaction of O2 with Hb