Date of Award
6-1938
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science (BS)
First Advisor
Paul L. Carroll
Second Advisor
W. J. Keegan
Abstract
In a wide sense, respiration is sometimes defined as the gaseous exchange constantly taking place between an organism and its environment. Essentially it is concerned with the intake of oxygen and the output of carbon dioxide but it also includes any other gas exchange that might occur. Small organisms take oxygen directly from the air or from the watery medium surrounding them into all parts of their structures. They also give off carbon dioxide from all their parts directly into the surrounding medium. They can do this successfully because they are small enough to have every cell in direct or nearly direct contact with the environment, so that gases can diffuse readily into and out of every cell. Larger forms require the aid of respiratory and circulatory systems to permit satisfactory gaseous exchange and distribution.
Recommended Citation
Strassburg, Peter P., "The Lungs and Respiration in the Frog" (1938). Bachelors’ Theses. 1317.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/1317
Included in
Animal Experimentation and Research Commons, Biology Commons, Other Physiology Commons, Veterinary Anatomy Commons
Comments
A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty or The College or Liberal Arts or Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree or Bachelor of Science, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.