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Carbon dioxide, produced by respiration, is carried in the blood in three ways: 1) As hydrogen carbonate (bicarbonate) ions (HCO3-) dissolved in the plasma (about 85%) 2) As carbamino-haemoglobin (carbon dioxide bound to haemoglobin) in the red blood cells (about 10%) 3) As carbon dioxide gas dissolved in the plasma (about 5%) See: http://www.elp.manchester.ac.uk/pub_projects/2001/MNQC7NDS/carbon_dioxide.htm http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/B/Blood.html http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/cfb/transport.htm
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The Most Abundant element in human body?
based on our fundemental constituant being Carbon and its adherance to oxygen as CO2 and Hydrogen H2O (being 70% approx of body mass), then on mass is would be Oxygen.
What is the relationship between increased blood carbon dioxide respiratory rate and depth?
CO2 is the primary cvontrol for rate of breathing (not oxygen as many would expect). High levels of CO2 are very toxid to the tissues of the body and os it was allowed to remain in the blood most of these tissues would die off. And so sensors within the blood systmem detect the CO2 levels and stimulate faster deeper breathing if thesae elvels are to high for safety.
What Contain hemoglobin and transports oxygen to the body tissues and removes CO2 from the body tissues?
The circulatory system ie blood.
Can you get high off CO2?
You can not get "High" from CO2. What happens when you inhale CO2 is pretty much your brain shutting down from oxygen being replaced by carbon dioxide. Your body stops functioning to the point of unconsciousness, if you inhale pure CO2 you can die and/or go into a coma after several minutes.
What does CO2 blood level of 31 mean?
CO2 regulates the body breathing functions. The normal range is 23 to 32. A level of 31 is within the normal range. High levels of CO2 could indicate a breathing problem.
Is the most important way that the body transport CO2?
The Bicarbonate Buffer System
What is Patrick Swayze most remembered for?
The way he moved his body on the dancefloor and the way he moved our hearts on the screen.
How does the body maintain the homeostatic pH of the blood?
CO2 is the body's natural acid, so if your body has too much CO2 it will begin to compensate. Your body "blows off" CO2 through your respiratory system. Increased respiratory rate and depth will "blow off" excess CO2
What are normal co2 levels in the body?
What are normal CO2 levels in the human bod
What uses the most CO2?
Plants uses the most CO2.k
How is CO2 expelled from the body?
Exhalation
Why do we need CO2?
Not really, but you have it in your body
What substance needed by the body cells enters the body through the lungs?
O2 and Co2, but we breathe out the Co2 again + the O2 which is converted in more Co2
The most important gas distributed to all cells of the body by blood is?
Oxygen! Remember it isn't the only gas. CO2 is also removed from cells in the body.
How does you body know when to take a breath?
most people by measuring the amount of CO2 (carbon dioxide) in your bloodstream. if you have COPD then the body checks on the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream
Is there any Chemical compounds more stable than CO2?
In organic chemistry, CO2 happens to be the most oxidized molecule available (thus being the most stable in our environment). Double bonded carbonyl molecules like CO2 have no more energy left to be utilized. For example, burning compounds like CH4 (methane) will reduce it all into CO2. Another example is that our body carries out metabolism from sugar into CO2.
What does you body release when you breathe out?
CO2 and H2O
