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Usually, but not necessarily. A vein is a blood vessel that is returning to the heart, so it usually has a higher concentration of CO2 than an artery. But in the case of the Pulmonary vein, it is returning to the heart from the lungs, so it has a higher concentration of oxygen than carbon dioxide.

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Why is the partial pressure of CO2 in your cells high compared to elsewhere?

The high partial pressure of CO2 in cells is due to the fact that cells produce CO2 as a byproduct of metabolism. This CO2 diffuses out of cells into the bloodstream where it is carried to the lungs for removal. In contrast, the environment outside of cells has a lower concentration of CO2, resulting in a concentration gradient that drives the movement of CO2 out of the cells.


What is the concentration of carbon dioxide in air that is exhaled?

The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in exhaled air typically ranges from about 4% to 5%. This is significantly higher than the concentration of CO2 in the ambient atmosphere, which is around 0.04%. The increase in CO2 levels in exhaled air results from the metabolic processes in the body that produce CO2 as a waste product.


What environmental conditions induce hemoglobin to bind to carbon dioxide?

Hemoglobin binds to carbon dioxide (CO2) more readily under conditions of high CO2 concentration, low pH (acidosis), and elevated temperature, which are often associated with active tissues. These conditions promote the formation of carbamino compounds, where CO2 binds to the amino groups of hemoglobin. Additionally, the Bohr effect explains how increased CO2 and hydrogen ion concentration reduce hemoglobin's affinity for oxygen, facilitating oxygen release and enhancing CO2 uptake.


What happens to water vapor concentration when carbon dioxide increases?

Co2 is a acidic gas. water turn acidic when CO2 dissolved.


What is the CO2 concentration in seawater?

The average concentration of dissolved CO2 in seawater is around 50 millimoles per cubic meter (mmol/m3), which is equivalent to 1950 parts per million (ppm). However, CO2 concentrations can vary depending on factors such as temperature, salinity, and proximity to CO2 sources.

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Place where blood changes from low CO2 to high CO2?

The blood changes from low CO2 to high CO2 in the tissues where oxygen is delivered and CO2 is produced as a byproduct of cellular metabolism.


Why is the partial pressure of CO2 in your cells high compared to elsewhere?

The high partial pressure of CO2 in cells is due to the fact that cells produce CO2 as a byproduct of metabolism. This CO2 diffuses out of cells into the bloodstream where it is carried to the lungs for removal. In contrast, the environment outside of cells has a lower concentration of CO2, resulting in a concentration gradient that drives the movement of CO2 out of the cells.


What is the Diffusion of gases between alveoli and blood?

The Diffusion is the exchange of oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) between the alveoli and the blood. So blood that is pumping through the capillaries in the lungs has a low concentration of O2 and a high concentration of CO2, in the alveoli it is high concentration O2 low concentration CO2. Therefore the 2 gases exchange across the alveoli membrane by diffusion trying to establish a concentration gradient.


How co2 particles move from the blood to the alveoli?

They diffuse through the membrane.Diffusion is the movement of gaseous particles from a high concentration of particles, to a low concentration.Using your example of CO2, there is a high ammount of CO2 in de-oxygenated blood, so it travels to the alveoli through the membranes, where there is a lower concentration of CO2.Remember, near every alveoli there is a capillary, which makes this possible.


Does pH control the relative concentration of CO2 in water?

No. Rather, the CO2 concentration controls the pH. Other factors control concentration, such as temperature, pressure, contamination, and availability of CO2.


Why the blood pH in veins is more acidic?

There is more CO2 in the veins and whenever there is CO2 there is also carbonic acid which will cause the PH to be more acidic.


What veins carry back to the lungs as waste?

veins take the CO2 back to the lungs as a waste.


How would the movement of CO2 be affected if the concentration of CO2 in the lungs was equal or higher than the concentration in the blood?

If the concentration of CO2 in the lungs was higher or equal the concentration in the blood, there will be no diffusion of CO2 in the air of the lungs. The person will suffocate in this situation.


Is there more CO2 or O2 in places of low concentration?

CO2


What will happen to the concentration of CO2 in THE WATER if it is heated?

Solubility of CO2 in water decreases with temperature, so as temperature is increased, the concentration of CO2 decreases.


What direction are substances said to diffuse?

if something diffuses e.g. particles through the air or CO2 out of body cells means the particles go from a high concentration to a low concentration


Where is the salt concentration higher veins or arteries why?

arteries