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Respiratory system
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WRITTEN BY
Fred N. White See All Contributors
Emeritus Professor of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, at La Jolla; former Director, Physiological Research Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Coauthor of Animal Function:...
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Alternative Titles: airway, respiratory tract
ARTICLE CONTENTS
Respiratory system, the system in living organisms that takes up oxygen and discharges carbon dioxide in order to satisfy energy requirements. In the living organism, energy is liberated, along with carbon dioxide, through the oxidation of molecules containing carbon. The term respiration denotes the exchange of the respiratory gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) between the organism and the medium in which it lives and between the cells of the body and the tissue fluid that bathes them.
respiration: animals
Explanation:
Respiratory system, the system in living organisms that takes up oxygen and discharges carbon dioxide in order to satisfy energy requirements. In the living organism, energy is liberated, along with carbon dioxide, through the oxidation of molecules containing carbon. The term respiration denotes the exchange of the respiratory gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) between the organism and the medium in vwhich it lives and between the cells of the body and the tissue fluid that bathes them.