Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Movement into and out of cells

Movement into and out of cells — practice question

This diagram was drawn from a section showing part of an alveolus and a red blood cell in a capillary. The magnification of the drawing is $\times 5000$. What is the shortest distance that oxygen has to diffuse from the air in an alveolus into the red blood cell?

  • A$0.1\,\text{nm}$
  • B$1.0\,\text{nm}$
  • C$0.1\,\mu\text{m}$
  • D$1.0\,\mu\text{m}$

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