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Chapter 39, Problem 14RQ
The majority of carbon dioxide in the blood is transported by.
- binding to hemoglobin
- dissolution in the blood
- conversion to bicarbonate
- binding to plasma proteins
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The majority of carbon dioxide is transported in the form of bicarbonate ions.
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How is the bulk of carbon dioxide transported in blood?
O chemically combined with the heme portion of hemoglobin
as carbonic acid in the plasma
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HCO3- dissociates into CO2 and O2.
H2CO3 dissociates into H+ and HCO3-.
93% remains dissolved in plasma as CO2.
The chloride shift occurs when Cl- moves out of RBCs in exchange for HCO3-.
25% is converted to H2CO3 by carbonic anhydrase.
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