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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.


How can one effectively remove CO2 from the body?

One can effectively remove CO2 from the body by breathing out. When we exhale, we release carbon dioxide from our lungs into the air. This process helps maintain the balance of gases in our body and keeps us healthy.


How is co2 removed from the body?

We find that carbon dioxide is removed from the body via what is called gas exchange in the lungs. When we inhale, air is drawn into the lungs, and the alveoli in the lungs are the sites where gas exchange takes place. Carbon dioxide exits the blood, and oxygen enters. When we exhale, the carbon dioxide is carried out of the body, and the process is repeated with another breath.


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 substance in the blood controls the rate of respiration?

Carbon dioxide levels in the blood are the main regulator of respiration rate. When CO2 levels increase, the body signals to breathe more rapidly to eliminate excess CO2 through exhalation. Conversely, when CO2 levels decrease, breathing slows down to retain more CO2 in the body.

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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 happens to CO2 which collects in human body?

CO2 in the body is transported in the blood to the lungs, where it is exhaled out of the body during respiration. A build-up of CO2 can lead to respiratory acidosis, a condition that can affect the body's pH balance.


Where is CO2 carried from and to?

It is diffused from the blood into the alveolar cavaity.


What uses the most CO2?

Plants uses the most CO2.k


What are normal co2 levels in the body?

What are normal CO2 levels in the human bod


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


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.


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


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 do the alveoli in the body do?

alveoli take co2 from