Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular organisms like humans?

Asked by Shivani Kumari | 2 years ago |  307

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Multi-cellular organism’s like humans have very big body and require a lot of oxygen to diffuse into body quickly in order to meet the oxygen requirement. Diffusion is a slow process which will take a lot of time to circulate oxygen to all the body cells. Because of its slow nature diffusion is insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular organisms like humans.

Answered by Vishal kumar | 2 years ago

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