Henry’s law

Definition

Henry's Law states that the amount of dissolved gas in a liquid is proportional to its partial pressure above the liquid. It plays a crucial role in understanding how gases exchange between blood and lung air spaces during respiration.

Related terms

Partial Pressure:

The pressure exerted by a single type of gas in a mixture of gases.

Gas Exchange:

The biological process through which different gases (like oxygen and carbon dioxide) are transferred in opposite directions across an organism's respiratory membranes.

Respiratory Membranes: Thin layers of tissue in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange occurs between air spaces and blood