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GK QUESTION#3800

In humans, carbon dioxide produced in body tissues is transported to the lungs mainly through which medium?

  1. ATissue fluid
  2. BPlasma only
  3. CBloodCorrect answer
  4. DLymphatic vessels
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C. Blood

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Blood transports carbon dioxide in several forms: mainly as bicarbonate, with smaller amounts bound to haemoglobin and other proteins or dissolved. It is therefore not carried only by plasma or only by haemoglobin.

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