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A 10 percent increase in the level of carbon dioxide in the blood will?
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Will decrease the blood pH causing increased ventilation.
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75 percent of carbon dioxide is carried by what?
75 percent of carbon dioxide is carried by Rowan Atkinson, in the blood.
What happens if there is an increase in carbon dioxide in the blood?
Water with dissolved carbon dioxide is acidic.
What If carbon dioxide levels in the blood increase then pH .?
decreases
If carbon dioxide levels increase then the blood becomes more?
Acidic
What If carbon dioxide levels increase then the blood becomes more .?
acidic
What is the strongest stimulus to increase respiratory rate and depth is to increase the blood concentration of?
Carbon dioxide
Why might blood carbon dioxide levels be higher in an individual with pulmonary disease when compared to the carbon dioxide levels of a healthy person?
When you have pulmonary disease, you may fail to give out carbon dioxide. So the percentage of carbon dioxide increase in your blood. That is the indicator of the severity of the pulmonary disease.
When you hold your breath for half a minute the carbon dioxide concentration in the blood will?
If you hold your breath, the carbon dioxide concentration in the blood will increase. Carbon dioxide is constantly produced by the body's metabolism, and constantly exhaled. So if it is not exhaled, it will start to build up.
Breathing rate is most likely to increase if the blood concentration?
carbon dioxide increases
When there is an increase in carbon dioxide in the blood what occur?
There is a part of the brain called the medulla oblongata which detects increased carbon dioxide levels in the blood and triggers the breathing reflex. Breathing then allows the excess carbon dioxide to escape by way of the lungs, as oxygen is acquired.
Why do you hickup?
There is a slight increase of carbon dioxide in the blood. Hicups are your body's way of getting more oxygen into the blood.
What activities would NOT increase carbon dioxide in the bloodstream?
All activities release carbon dioxide in the blood stream. As long as you are alive, your cells will continue to produce carbon dioxide. Even resting or sleeping will not stop it.
