The respiratory quotient is the ratio of carbon dioxide diffusing from blood into alveoli of the lung to oxygen diffusing in the opposite direction.
The normal value is approximately 0.8.
The respiratory quotient may be used to calculate the basal metabolic rate via the technique of indirect calorimetry.
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