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Define respiration seen in human beings?
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Breathing: Respiration usually just means breathing. There is another more technical meaning when describing the biochemical processess within your body - "cellular respiration" is the process of combining oxygen inside your cells, in the mitochondria, where your cells create the chemical energy that drives your body.
Answered 9/10/2019
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