Surface Area to Volume Ratio
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- Created on: 04-04-16 14:17
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- Surface Area to Volume Ratio
- Surface Area
- Total number of cells in direct contact with the surrounding environment
- Affects the rate of exchange at exchange surfaces
- Size of Organisms
- As the size of organism increases the surface area to volume ratio increases
- Small Organisms
- Gain all the requirements and remove all waste through their body surface
- Large Organisms
- Surface Area is not large enough to meet metabolic needs.
- Specialised exchange surfaces can increase rate of exchange to meet its needs.
- Volume
- The total 3 dimensional space occupied by metabolically active tissue
- Volume for metabolically active tissue influences demand for metabolites
- The total 3 dimensional space occupied by metabolically active tissue
- Surface Area
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