Herr has tested the leg at the state - of - the - art Gait Laboratory in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence building, donning a mask that measures his oxygen consumption and carbon
dioxide exhalation to calculate how many calories he is burning.
Not exact matches
Lactic acid is by its nature acidic, and the
exhalation of carbon
dioxide represents an excretion of acids.
Although at this time, lung surfactants, which aid in lung expansion after the birth of the baby, is already present, the lungs are still very immature to function properly like sending out oxygen to the bloodstream during inhalation and releasing carbon
dioxide during
exhalation.
GOTCHA A mosquito's quest for a blood meal is so much more intricate than just flying toward an
exhalation of carbon
dioxide.
With each
exhalation, we get rid of carbon
dioxide and other toxins in the human body.
And there's a whole sustainable process there, where when protein is digested, acids are buffered by these bicarbonate ions that are made by the kidneys, and that reaction produces carbon
dioxide, which is an acid, and the carbon
dioxide is exhaled by the lungs, which is, by the way, the biggest source of acid elimination in the body by far, that
exhalation of carbon
dioxide, and it happens very quickly.
Moreover, poor
exhalation does not eliminate the necessary amount of carbon
dioxide.
To understand the profound implications of Kabir's reply, we need to look beyond the physical components of breath — the oxygen, carbon
dioxide, and other molecules that stream in and out with our every inhalation and
exhalation.
Carbon
dioxide is primarily generated by
exhalation from people inside the building, according to the EPA.