Give reasons for the following
Oxygen leaves the blood from tissue capillaries, but carbon dioxide enters the blood in tissue capillaries.
On what factors does the rate of diffusion in the alveoli depend on?
The rate of diffusion depends on the following factors:
i. Partial pressure gradients of O2 (pO2) and CO2 (pCO2),
ii. Solubility of the gases.
iii. Thickness of the diffusion surface.