SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a standard security protocol for encrypting connections between a server and a client. This ensures all communications between the client and the server remain confidential. In most online implementations, the 'client' is an internet browser and the 'server' is a website to which the browser is connected.
Introductionâ¢ Oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse between the alveoli and pulmonary capillaries in the lungs, andbetween the systemic capillaries and cells throughout the body.â¢ The diffusion of these gases, moving in opposite directions, is called gas exchange.Page 2.
Lung alveoli are the ends of the respiratory tree, branching from either alveolar sacs or alveolar ducts, which like alveoli are both sites of gas exchange with the blood as well. Alveoli are particular to mammalian lungs. Different structures are involved in gas exchange in other vertebrates. The alveolar membrane is the gas exchange surface. Carbon dioxide rich blood is pumped from the rest of the body into the capillaries that surround the alveoli where, through diffusion, carbon dioxide is released and oxygen absorbed.