Which statement regarding diffusion of gases is true?
A) The rapid rate of diffusion of O2 in water makes respiration more efficient in water-breathing than in air-breathing animals.
B) Respiratory surfaces in mammals have a thin fluid film to improve diffusion of gases.
C) In the lungs, extracellular fluid speeds the movement of O2 into cells.
D) The slow rate of diffusion of O2 in water limits efficiency even in air-breathing mammals.
E) Exchange of respiratory gases in an insect in which air is carried in tracheoles to air capillaries is less efficient that in a fish gill where there is a countercurrent flow system.
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