TORONTO -. Mike Babcock's first exhibition schedule as coach of the Maple Leafs will take him to some interesting arenas.
There are two types of 'respiration': pulmonary (visible breathing) and cellular (which is not visible). In pulmonary respiration the unwanted gas expelled is mainly carbon dioxide. This is then replaced during the inhalation breathing phase by the oxygen content in the air.
Definition. Respiration is the metabolic process of most living things in which food molecules (glucose) are turned into usable energy for the cell (ATP). It is the anti-process to photosynthesis, in which plants use sunlight and carbon dioxide to build food molecules, releasing oxygen as a waste product. During aerobic respiration, oxygen is present, and helps the process to crank out energy very efficiently. Some organisms can also undergo anaerobic respiration, in which oxygen is absent and a somewhat less efficient method of metabolism takes place.