Knowledge Check Solutions
1) Passive diffusion - This is the correct answer.
Blood gases are excreted by passive diffusion from the blood into the alveolus, following a concentration gradient. This occurs when the concentration of the xenobiotic dissolved in capillary blood is greater than the concentration of the substance in the alveolar air.
1) Passive diffusion - This is the correct answer.
Blood gases are excreted by passive diffusion from the blood into the alveolus, following a concentration gradient. This occurs when the concentration of the xenobiotic dissolved in capillary blood is greater than the concentration of the substance in the alveolar air.
