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Explain why oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse in opposite directions in the lungs?

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There is a higher oxygen content in the air of the lungs than that of oxygen-depleted blood and a lower carbon dioxide concentration. This gradient of concentration causes gas exchange during respiration.

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