Posted by TOM on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 2:29pm.
Isn't that where the individual cells get oxygen and get rid of their wastes?
The exhange of gases (such as CO2 and O2) occurs by diffusion, so there must be enough time for diffusion to occur efficiently.
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