NEET2009ZoologyBreathing and Exchange of GasesActual
In blood, CO ₂ in transported majorly as
Options
- Asodium carbonate
- Bcarboxyhaemoglobin
- Cbicarbonate
- DCO ₂ as such
Correct answer
C. bicarbonate
Step-by-step solution
In dissolved state 7 % of CO ₂ gets dissolved in the blood plasma and is carried in solution to lungs or about 0.3 mL of CO ₂ is transported per 100 mL of blood in dissolved state in blood plasma. In the form of bicarbonate about 70 % of CO ₂ (about 2.5 mL per 100 mL of blood) received by blood from tissues, enters the RBCs where it reacts with water to form carbonic acid ( H ₂ CO ₃ ) . As carbaminohaemoglobin about 23 % of CO ₂ is transported in combination with haemoglobin and plasma proteins. CO ₂ reacts directl