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Explain the difference between External and internal respiration. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> [Textbook Question 6b pg no.82]

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External respiration	Internal respiration
1. Intake of air from the outside into the body and release of air from the body to outside is called external respiration.	1. Exchange of gases between cells and tissue fluid is called internal respiration.
2. External respiration occurs between cells and the external environment.	2. Internal respiration occurs only in the cells of the body.
3. It involves processes of inspiration and expiration.	3. It involves movement of O2 from blood into tissue fluid and movement of CO2 from tissue.
4. External respiration involves breathing and gaseous exchange.	4. Internal respiration involves neither breathing nor gaseous exchange.
5. Oxygen combines with haemoglobin in external respiration.	5. Chemical reactions occur in the cells to form energy.